MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	299% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '21 at 19:20
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 537 75% 553 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 170 Parallax 104 94% 130 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 839 597 606 611 601 596 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 2,231 Mixed 1,660 SusWrite 642 393% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 89.4 298% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,632 DQ Write 1,373 DQ Mixed 1,459 1,105% 1,488 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 366 368 366 369 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 365 Mixed 260 SusWrite 366 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 16.6 133% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 88.2 113% 198 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 133GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 314 313 313 311 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 464 SusWrite 336 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.2 225% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 180 182 183 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 82.3 Write 121 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 179 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 214% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.1 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16