MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 18:46
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 149 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 595 74% 562 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.3% 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 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 7.78 7% 8.41 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 10.8 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 480GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 301 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 624	103% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 488 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 14.5 134% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 65.1 123% 244 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 23GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 27285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3393 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 416 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 22342549900434 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 516 Write 111 Mixed 183 58% 270 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 10.2 107% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 10.3 57% 134 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 65%
Toshiba MK6461GSYN 640GB-$55 624 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 294GB free Firmware: MH001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2374 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 41 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 16265 (0A) Spinup retry count 208 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3702 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 977666550 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 106980 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 287763333144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8330 (DE) Loaded hours 81 81 7607 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48.4% Average	Read 85.2 Write 83.7 Mixed 82.8 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 63%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 166GB free Firmware: AX1P2C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1819 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 4821 (0A) Spinup retry count 136 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 460 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 370278422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 826 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1572888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26081 (C2) HDA temperature 78 52 370278422 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 450	51.8% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 84.8 Mixed 85.9 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 35.2 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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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 $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