MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	85.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 283 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 781 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 1858 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1081 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 114929 (A5) Unknown 100 100 291 (A6) Unknown 100 100 69 (A7) Unknown 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 503 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 95145 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 217456 (F2) Unknown 100 100 202870 (F5) Unknown 100 100 459716	85.5% Excellent	Read 522 Write 182 Mixed 269 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 35.1 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 68.3 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6114 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 851 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8005520336	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 50.4 188% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 120 137% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 622GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193336744 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34101942 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 538181663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62567 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 17179869215 (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 -52037823754416 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12627380279 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105439878577	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 174 Mixed 163 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 828GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 180 178 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79410 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.7 Mixed 84.1 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 905GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 75 119% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 31.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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