MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 02:26
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 840 92% 726 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 104 65% 80.2 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 72.4 57% 68.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 1,375 Mixed 1,171 340% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 38.1 215% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 29.3 158% 362 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 254%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 86GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,423 Write 561 Mixed 795 203% 926 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 26.8 171% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 26.2 44% 80.6 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 754GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 233732536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7932445 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 605552676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2490 (C2) HDA temperature 36 9 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 233732536 (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 20993800144457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3469524349 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1086134159	94.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 157 Mixed 148 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 31.3 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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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) $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