MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	226% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 278 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 744 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% 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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.5 90% 107 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 95.6 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 990 Mixed 1,101 317% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 32.2 205% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 196 197% 314 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 7576323214919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1191 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 8187395 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1191 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 740628 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 27 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 740628 (F2) Unknown 100 100 287869 (F9) Unknown 100 100 24953	83.9% Excellent	Read 512 Write 166 Mixed 242 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 24.4 155% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 45.3 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2576 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 285 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 67 45 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3556405234	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 50 195% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 126 148% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: JP4OA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 130 130 17200709897 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1601 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1916 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1916 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 193273724955 (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	45.5% Average	Read 75.7 Write 82.9 Mixed 89.1 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 184GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 93.4 Mixed 76.3 107% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 43%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 38GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 32.3 Write 6.34 Mixed 11.5 17% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 40% 3.55 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 30.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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