MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	132% 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	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 12:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 715 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Sapphire(1DA2 E408) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 164 89% 132 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 111 Splatting 81.7 78% 97.7 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 553 444 209 100 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 875 Write 558 Mixed 642 SusWrite 323 134% 600 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 48.6 177% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 472 368% 504 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%
Micron M500DC 480GB-$180 215 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 127GB free Firmware: 0144 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 351 362 362 362 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 368 Mixed 303 SusWrite 353 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.1 144% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 208 174% 250 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 390GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 433 444 447 447 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 429 Mixed 396 SusWrite 432 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.7 147% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 35.6 102% 215 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	43.4"	1280 720	LEN61D5 LEN P44w-10

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,119x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,106

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16