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MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.7%, 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.
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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '24 at 23:40
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 696 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 183 Parallax 170 139% 175 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 166 Splatting 117 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$65 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,802 Write 1,190 Mixed 584 262% 1,192 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.7 177% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 818 607% 810 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 870 2TB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 504GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 389 430 453 463 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 444 Mixed 431 SusWrite 440 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$50 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 172 172 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 143 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 171 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 21: 0P 2R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	23%	39	214	58	60	24"	1280 720	SAM0B43 S24D300

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,997 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,176x
Core i5-7600KIntel $135Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	317x
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	122x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	87x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $970

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