MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	105% 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.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 06:20
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 476 30% 292 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 110 Parallax 127 106% 122 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2318 Write 2,109 Mixed 1384 430% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 74.2 247% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 923 DQ Mixed 1,030 770% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 86GB free Firmware: LSF036C SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 461 Write 447 Mixed 398 SusWrite 139 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 39 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 244 203% 291 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 138 139 140 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 114 Write 157 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 140 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 334% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 57GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 59 70 72 69 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 78.2 Write 63 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 65.1 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 58%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 87GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 97 95 101 100 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 99.6 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 264% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP BL 5TB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 129 132 134 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 108 Write 122 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 128 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 191% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 1,076 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 128%

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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	1,116x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16