MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	116% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 287 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 819 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 155% 197 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 135 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3114 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 969 (B1) Unknown 95 95 99 (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 69 47 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35719011901	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 404 Mixed 405 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 49.9 183% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 113 142% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^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 8852 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 900 (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 96 96 1678 (0A) Spinup retry count 118 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1032 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261993857051 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1243 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 204 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 140 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.31 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122132280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85212678 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 356 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10981 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 55834574874 (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 38268158610550 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27246404180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33125721318	65.4% Good	Read 110 Write 116 Mixed 122 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.57 190% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,124x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	304x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	256x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16