MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 04:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$250 712,312 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)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 851 90% 721 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 155 Parallax 130 114% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1361 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (64) Unknown 100 100 4650208 (65) Unknown 100 100 307584 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 2018 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 849 (B7) Unknown 98 98 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 154620002335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12089 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2681 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3008 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7	73.2% Very good	Read 472 Write 231 Mixed 245 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 14.6 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 27.5 76% 165 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 467GB free Firmware: AX1P4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1702 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3471 (0A) Spinup retry count 156 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1716 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4064 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 43296 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454249500 (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 13 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2129 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 87.3 Write 85.4 Mixed 83.3 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 104GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2694 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2618 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 55 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2033 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 214749347871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8079 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 55 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 81804	37% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 72.1 Mixed 61.4 48% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x16GB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,897 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	61x

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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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