MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	139% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 20:00
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 721 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.2 86% 104 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LDLC 480GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 184 1174 382 416 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 857 Mixed 128 SusWrite 465 167% 763 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 16.9 112% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 25.4 93% 220 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 196%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 173GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 59 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 481 Write 396 Mixed 387 SusWrite 89.3 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.7 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 240 202% 292 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 82GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 54 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 418 Mixed 394 SusWrite 88.7 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 43.9 154% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 246 206% 297 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 751GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 195 195 192 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 169 Mixed 29 SusWrite 194 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 67GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 71 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 91.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 71.3 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 98%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 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 $76Bench 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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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