MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding GPU, HDD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	28.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 13:46
Run Duration	94 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Pentium G4560-$57 18,837 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	SC Int 103 SC Float 109 SC Mixed 106 85% 106 Pts	QC Int 266 QC Float 302 QC Mixed 294 65% 287 Pts	MC Int 265 MC Float 303 MC Mixed 290 43% 286 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$120 91,436 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,691 Write 1,258 Mixed 1,464 396% 1,804 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 26.4 182% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 29.7 120% 268 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 261%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$59 30,700 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57510555367312 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 489 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 38 266287972403 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 20362664415877 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28549 (EA) Unknown 100 100 66674 (F1) Unknown 253 253 29727 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25039 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	28.2% Poor	Read 337 Write 39 Mixed 98.9 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 5.16 44% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 3,021 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 108%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $168

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 100%, 156,048 samples	1,858x
Core i5-7600KIntel $195Bench 95%, 55,933 samples	583x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 204,877 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	664x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	600x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 154%, 105,578 samples	430x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	314x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 91,436 samples	313x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	311x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	298x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $193Bench 91%, 38,488 samples	171x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $195Bench 85%, 11,328 samples	105x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,327

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12