MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.1% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 784 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

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: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.3 89% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1CH162 120GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11399 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4751 (B1) Unknown 86 86 165 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 254 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30153428118	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 501 Mixed 487 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.5 174% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 97.3 142% 265 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 743GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 21115 (03) Spinup time 139 133 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9449 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 27 (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	58% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 104 Mixed 93.5 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.23 45% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190409600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 98942994 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4651 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 488374300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62971 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138456860729658 (F1) Unknown 100 253 134608041557 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43574108054	71.1% Very good	Read 145 Write 103 Mixed 98.8 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 95%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,136x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	307x
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	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	116x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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