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MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	232% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

12 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '23 at 17:44
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$117 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 555 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$170 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 84% 107 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500P3SSD8 500GB 13,020 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 1649 1729 1731 1696 1785 1794 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,452 Write 1,809 Mixed 1,215 SusWrite 1,731 351% 1,552 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 40.8 160% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 242 226% 366 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 305%
St16000n M000J-2TW103 16TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 9TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 232 232 231 234 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 233 Write 224 Mixed 194 SusWrite 232 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 1.2 62% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 4.6 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 1.2 3% 6.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 41%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 63 60 68 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 81.7 Write 82 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 64.9 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 75 80 81 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 74.3 Write 78.6 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 79.4 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$42 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% 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: 0P 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	70	58	144	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7089 LC32G5xT

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,995 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $144Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,175x
Core i5-7600KIntel $135Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	316x
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	122x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	335x
GTX 1070Nvidia $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	98x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $966

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $365