MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.6% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 751 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 59.4 50% 62.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 53.8 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3228 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 48 223339151395 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 124 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6183220423 (F7) Unknown 100 100 193293331 (F8) Unknown 100 100 123269467 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 40	71.6% Very good	Read 459 Write 341 Mixed 336 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 23.7 100% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 45.7 36% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9903 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1038 (B1) Unknown 95 95 302 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34733617138	70.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 189 Mixed 268 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 20.6 121% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 21.7 29% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 119%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 910GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3508 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 36 (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	56.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 96 Mixed 65.9 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 77%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 117GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 659 (03) Spinup time 196 183 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8268 (05) Reallocated sector count 195 195 36 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7092 (BE) vendor-specific 50 25 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 75 50 (C4) Reallocation count 180 180 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 890 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.8% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 55.8 Mixed 54.2 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.45 111% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 35%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1303 (03) Spinup time 170 167 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 207822 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4344 (F1) Unknown 200 200 58329827510 (F2) Unknown 200 200 116781037235	65.6% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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 $48Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,067

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16