MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 16:55
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 767 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 74.2 68% 80.6 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 66.4 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7942 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1545 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22679758535	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 408 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 49.8 186% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 120 146% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2874 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 604 (B1) Unknown 95 95 21 (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 71 41 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10690579482	89.1% Excellent	Read 478 Write 266 Mixed 270 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 31.4 139% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 68.3 105% 204 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 123%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 2920 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18345 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41938 (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 158826 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156658 (F5) Unknown 100 100 293520	105% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 424 Mixed 465 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.3 150% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 74.3 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 164 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1987 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75109 (C2) HDA temperature 126 107 24 (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	64.3% Good	Read 109 Write 115 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 83%
829 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 18 Write 6.31 Mixed 8.71 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 6.82 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.002 26% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,702 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 115%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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