MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (99^th 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-$170 195,006 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)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 580 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 94% 111 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 221878583
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 28 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 140 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 1x4GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 11.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 42%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	308x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	232x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,067

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16