MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	201% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 04:25
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 226 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 647 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 101% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 120 Splatting 98 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 504 471 446 420 398 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 1,521 Mixed 714 SusWrite 486 233% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.9 194% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 834 726% 1,076 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 226GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 433 438 456 461 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 441 Mixed 340 SusWrite 446 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.8 162% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 151 166% 281 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 903GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 462 461 461 463 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 465 Mixed 388 SusWrite 461 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.5 202% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 182 182 183 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 153 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 182 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 553GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 98 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 71 Write 70.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 98.4 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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