MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 15:16
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 538 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 156 Parallax 131 130% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 149 Splatting 113 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY256MBF 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 233GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 100 100 723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1928 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 270584184868 (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 27272744 (F7) Unknown 100 100 859748 (F8) Unknown 100 100 414222	86.8% Excellent	Read 529 Write 401 Mixed 414 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 20 126% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 61.5 58% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 111%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 202GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 1,306 Mixed 1,652 395% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53 199% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 165 188% 314 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 210%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,094 Write 1,020 Mixed 1,105 309% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 25.9 191% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 27.5 43% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY128MBF 128GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 20GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 100 100 749 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 868 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 43 244814315557 (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 954538401 (F7) Unknown 100 100 29883858 (F8) Unknown 100 100 13885313	66.1% Good	Read 527 Write 131 Mixed 201 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 16.2 118% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 16.1 27% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 132GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2150 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 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	82.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 126 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.32 122% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 101%

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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 $295	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