MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	262% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 18:31
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 758 70% 587 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 95 84% 104 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 98.7 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 890GB free Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 1,043 Mixed 1,256 285% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 20.8 150% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 27.2 121% 274 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 188%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 803GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,342 Write 1,400 Mixed 1,422 311% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.3 221% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 201 206% 338 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 462%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,642 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,344 378% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 45.7 228% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 158 175% 300 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 331 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 171800133669 (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 200 200 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 167 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 266GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 60.3 Write 52.4 Mixed 50.7 68% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 107%

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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 $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