MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	258% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 06:39
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 522 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.9 90% 106 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.6 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDEC1TB 1TB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 867GB free Firmware: P1225C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 84 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (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 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 832 (F2) Unknown 100 100 201 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1408	91.9% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 425 Mixed 454 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.7 114% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 73.6 105% 192 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,823 Write 1,051 Mixed 1,276 375% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.7 226% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 114 135% 229 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 49GB free Firmware: 1.11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2711053 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 1664 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -55937654005586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 113 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2711053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 86 86 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9664 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9664 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30400	47.5% Average	Read 206 Write 89.5 Mixed 115 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 17.5 99% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 37.7 46% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 29.8 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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