MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	269% 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.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '22 at 14:00
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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-$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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 676 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 3980) ≥ 4GB; AMD RX 6700 XT 12 GO MECH 2x Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.1 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 138 Parallax 292 113% 190 fps	MRender 251 Gravity 151 Splatting 207 166% 203 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 621GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR313 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1528 1940 1914 1981 2003 2006 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,567 Write 2,153 Mixed 1,475 SusWrite 1,895 402% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 58.8 193% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 723 528% 700 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 370%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 503GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 181 181 182 180 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 942GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 163 172 172 173 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 184 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 170 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 31.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,119x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16