MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 07:23
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 762 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 65.8 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 72.4 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 33GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7787 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1240 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 69 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 231 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1019718420	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 450 Mixed 477 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 38.4 166% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 24.1 109% 246 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 10 10 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6673 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1341 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40334416 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 427 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12052 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9961 (F9) Unknown 100 100 887793372	93% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 380 Mixed 402 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 17.5 131% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 72.2 123% 238 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 599GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5081 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (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	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 102%

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,294

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) $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