MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 06:18
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 690 75% 592 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.2 88% 104 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 96.5 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 337GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 37 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 41692 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (B1) Unknown 93 93 238 (B3) Unknown 99 99 37 (B5) Unknown 99 99 37 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 86344680301	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 482 Mixed 502 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 30.1 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 85 133% 254 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7087 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8306992739	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 397 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 49 180% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 128 147% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -61856118054272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 190 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 132152 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 85 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132152 (F2) Unknown 100 100 757280 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12872	77% Very good	Read 486 Write 159 Mixed 208 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 21.4 133% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 77 93% 163 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 61933752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4331727280 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 930 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 487915546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24032 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33535104682140 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74259363727526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17772543520654	66.7% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 128 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.38 112% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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