MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '22 at 15:12
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 629 68% 538 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 6,258 User benchmarks, average bench 127% Zotac(19DA 6630) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 166 Parallax 149 141% 163 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 122 Splatting 109 106% 133 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv CRAS C710 M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB 1,830 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 209 380 82 267 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,666 Write 1,449 Mixed 1,045 SusWrite 268 246% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 40.5 179% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 419 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 144 182% 323 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 269%
Gamer L TA1D0120A 120GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 103GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 204 66 67 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 478 Write 377 Mixed 338 SusWrite 132 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 31.7 126% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 124 103% 146 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 269GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 115 117 116 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 65 Write 114 Mixed 33 SusWrite 114 59% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 107%
OOS3000G 3TB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13GB free Firmware: OOS1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 170 171 171 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 172 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.2 264% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 113%
External USB 3.0 3TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 20GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 170 167 167 167 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 144 SusWrite 167 121% 164 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 410% 3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,117x
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	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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