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MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 06:30
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$148 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 741 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 148 108% 143 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 122 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 244GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 460 434 476 489 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 400 SusWrite 474 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66 222% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 568GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 64 53 39 42 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 54 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 729GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 164 173 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 178 Mixed 116 SusWrite 171 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 105%

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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 $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,188x
Core i5-7600KIntel $75Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	322x
Core i7-7700Intel $140Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	129x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	338x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	273x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	249x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	100x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	39x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $320