MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	64.4% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 581 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 89%

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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.7 89% 106 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 89.8 72% 88.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 342GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th 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 100 100 822 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2822 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 38 (A4) Unknown 100 100 47585 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 241870 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 416938 (F2) Unknown 100 100 195889 (F5) Unknown 100 100 761360	110% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 431 Mixed 469 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.5 164% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 74.1 113% 213 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12171034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -119554709646404 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3167 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 377 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 48 64427655193 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 64427655193 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12171034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12171034 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12171034 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3074 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1503 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1503 (F2) Unknown 0 0 907	64.4% Good	Read 451 Write 114 Mixed 158 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 17.1 121% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 84.3 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 26.1 41% 77.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 28.4 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 30 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 104%

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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 $92Bench 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: $1,293

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 $40	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