MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88% 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	243% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 756 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 91% 112 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 620 641 640 634 617 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 1,670 Mixed 640 SusWrite 640 267% 1,201 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 68.5 241% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 1,229 DQ Mixed 871 761% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE960GB 960GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 461GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 403 401 402 398 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 405 Mixed 318 SusWrite 400 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 29.4 128% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 202 169% 242 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 394 243 188 147 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 460 Mixed 328 SusWrite 258 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50.6 190% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 202 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 108GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 56 57 55 58 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,360 Write 924 Mixed 876 SusWrite 122 182% 821 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 78.8 292% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 221 276% 472 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16