MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 13:13
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 498 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 92% 108 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 99.8 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V800/64GB 60GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0922A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 100 100 152 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10787 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 66192 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10109 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10238 (F5) Unknown 100 100 11029	63.3% Good	Read 375 Write 193 Mixed 256 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 8.14 119% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 7.21 26% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 62GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 98 230262168 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 690087714 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3568 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 56 56 44 (BC) Unknown 100 97 147 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 300 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 537919519 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 30 230262168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3444563795751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 679494198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1673573398	58.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 94.8 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.44 92% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 47%

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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	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16