MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% 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	235% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '21 at 12:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 799 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 137 Parallax 126 98% 127 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 127 Splatting 114 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 174 280 284 283 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,368 Write 1,176 Mixed 1,118 SusWrite 292 272% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 92.8 310% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 240 268% 468 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 157%
Intel Optane+2.7TBHDD 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 271 280 276 163 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 45%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 174 175 174 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 173 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.8 344% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3733 C17 2x4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 46.9 MC Mixed 31.4 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 50.2 SC Mixed 35.3 106% 37 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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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	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16