MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	243% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 23:37
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$230 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 766 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.8 93% 109 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,372 Mixed 1,195 335% 1,513 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 55.6 211% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 140 161% 287 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92969456 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4358317706 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 471072795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1617 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	82.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 148 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 100%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 61GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 195 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2865 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4459 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 28 (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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 168 Mixed 162 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.69 4K Write 3.91 4K Mixed 0.47 194% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 113%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 151 Mixed 91 155% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.37 112% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 659GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 155 Write 173 Mixed 137 200% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.18 48% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 104%

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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	1,118x
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	318x
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 $67Bench 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: $1,263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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