MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	55.7% 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	162% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 03:27
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 854 92% 734 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580); xfx rx 580 8g xxx CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 87.7 57% 76 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 58.4 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,589 Write 559 Mixed 834 217% 994 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 47 197% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 27.5 45% 82.1 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 144%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 50GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 0 (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 100 100 1037 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 287 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393240 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 58 43 244814643242 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 751 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2346 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24 (F6) Unknown 100 100 446176	85.4% Excellent	Read 529 Write 325 Mixed 397 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 13.1 129% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 13.1 59% 123 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68865664 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35914592 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2481 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 572063776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 380 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56768 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 55834574880 (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 30223684865338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12787736511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22283706433	91.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 142 Mixed 140 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 396GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 152 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1537 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 46946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57677 (C2) HDA temperature 120 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	28.6% Poor	Read 74.4 Write 25.2 Mixed 56.9 40% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 28.5 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 32.7 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,127x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	305x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	323x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,072

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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