MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.6% 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	186% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$250 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 622 72% 562 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.5 48% 62.3 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 120GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,376 Write 553 Mixed 740 195% 890 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 13.4 81% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 43.1 DQ Mixed 45.6 31% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9721 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1195 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14722798920	77.7% Very good	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 23.6 101% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 13.8 15% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,996 Write 1,239 Mixed 1,340 337% 1,525 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 14.2 98% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 36.8 33% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 236%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 133 11958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (10) Unknown 2 198 50199236485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 761 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.33 123% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 93 18031640 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2360 (07) Seek error rate 50 47 1391603103515 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 139 (BC) Unknown 100 93 468158840947 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 36 21337835110426 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6381 (C2) HDA temperature 26 64 60129542170 (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 -50878182585291 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22884175895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85457034007	75.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 145 Mixed 119 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.65 197% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 94%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 7GB free, PID 4000 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 17.8 Mixed 20.6 29% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.77 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 1.41 140% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C15-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C14-16GTZKY 04CD F4-3200C15-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C14-16GTZKY 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	61x

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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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