MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% 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	91.1% 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	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 19:00
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 851 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 378.92 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 57.1 53% 62.2 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 52.2 48% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 2558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 796 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 402 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 634 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 188979740698 (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 11369246442 (F7) Unknown 100 100 355824804 (F8) Unknown 100 100 143156473	91.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 370 Mixed 282 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 23 129% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 29.3 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 13818 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1925 (B1) Unknown 98 98 63 (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 74 65 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 693 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13069818374	83% Excellent	Read 504 Write 412 Mixed 447 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 25.1 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 70.9 DQ Mixed 76.1 78% 133 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 9725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 808914 (C2) HDA temperature 125 97 27 (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	68.9% Good	Read 131 Write 109 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
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 (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10727 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2628 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10727 (C2) HDA temperature 123 92 27 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 71 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 69%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 793GB free, PID 0577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 36.5 49% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.3% 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 (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 21.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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