MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$250 712,312 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 (54^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 258 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 673 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 59.1 53% 63.4 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 53.4 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 389 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 634 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 56 188979740699 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8319895403 (F7) Unknown 100 100 260320437 (F8) Unknown 100 100 74788716	89% Excellent	Read 500 Write 354 Mixed 372 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 24.5 126% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 29.3 77% 162 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 104%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 136GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13265 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1784 (B1) Unknown 98 98 61 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 65 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 693 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13020294912	82.9% Excellent	Read 507 Write 409 Mixed 451 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 25.1 100% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 76.6 79% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 142 8341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2552 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 642541 (C2) HDA temperature 127 97 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.19 48% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 170 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1627 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2156 (C2) HDA temperature 126 89 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 75.9 Write 78.4 Mixed 78.2 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 313GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 176 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2486 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10575 (C2) HDA temperature 125 92 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.7% Average	Read 71.5 Write 70 Mixed 68.2 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 69%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 792GB free, PID 0577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 37.1 Mixed 34.5 47% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.25 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 17.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 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 $76Bench 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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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