MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 09:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 269 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 775 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 94 Parallax 86.2 76% 91.1 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 84.5 Splatting 84.3 69% 83.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 783GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 28 309239152692 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 417775294 (F7) Unknown 100 100 13065271 (F8) Unknown 100 100 498179 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8733 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 484 Write 339 Mixed 338 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 27.3 121% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 53.1 102% 208 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 104%
Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 250GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2771 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 350 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3017257467	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 499 Mixed 508 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 62 222% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 138 123% 176 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
ST2000DM001-1ER164 240GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3131318931428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 352 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 60 257699479589 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12360933575486 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2073 (EA) Unknown 100 100 41673 (F1) Unknown 253 253 36118 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4942 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	96.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 251 Mixed 335 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 28.2 160% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 59.2 114% 230 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2955912 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3944481 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7306 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (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 86994562582375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3933626392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8012401670	98.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 155 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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