MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 788 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 71.4 57% 71.3 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 56.6 54% 67.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 872 Mixed 926 289% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.9 176% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 153 185% 332 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 237%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 327GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 100 100 612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 494 (94) Unknown 100 100 53858 (95) Unknown 100 100 816 (96) Unknown 100 100 684 (97) Unknown 100 100 781 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19895 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36430485192730 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187341 (F2) Unknown 100 100 219140 (F5) Unknown 100 100 235009 (F6) Unknown 100 100 215432 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 220 Mixed 267 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 25.2 115% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 46.4 86% 175 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6502099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -489626256525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 399 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 45 55837523997 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55837523997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6502099 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6502099 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6502099 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13366 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9883 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9883 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12071	50.9% Above average	Read 164 Write 143 Mixed 117 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 12.5 102% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 33.4 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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