MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 19:55
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 456 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 106% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 254 (94) Unknown 100 100 19071 (95) Unknown 100 100 288 (96) Unknown 100 100 152 (97) Unknown 100 100 257 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8572 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43053392068638 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31569 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23269 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50628 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38142 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 248 Mixed 271 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 24.6 111% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 46.3 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 100 100 398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 248 (94) Unknown 100 100 140395 (95) Unknown 100 100 1917 (96) Unknown 100 100 1718 (97) Unknown 100 100 1897 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43655 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40850090950687 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170110 (F2) Unknown 100 100 159554 (F5) Unknown 100 100 257837 (F6) Unknown 100 100 280790 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 487 Write 252 Mixed 265 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 24.3 110% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 46.2 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

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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 $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) $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