MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$247 190,398 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 104% 184 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 597 81% 595 Pts	64-Core 598 40% 598 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$340 807,661 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 69.4 61% 73.9 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 60.8 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$35 39,617 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 358 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19970 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (94) Unknown 100 100 9738 (95) Unknown 100 100 318 (96) Unknown 100 100 167 (97) Unknown 100 100 286 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 66 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 76288 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84974 (F5) Unknown 100 100 319520	91.3% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 341 Mixed 354 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 29.2 131% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 46.4 86% 171 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,896,662 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 649GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 555155485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14947 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (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	98.2% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 152 Mixed 140 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.32 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$75 567,745 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 570,961 samples	1,876x
Core i5-7600KIntel $247Bench 82%, 190,398 samples	501x
Core i7-6700KIntel $340Bench 82%, 565,316 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 107%, 977,837 samples	537x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,107,418 samples	491x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 137%, 734,370 samples	392x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 110%, 706,319 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 823,469 samples	148x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $88Bench 196%, 232,850 samples	114x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 83%, 567,745 samples	227x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 85%, 495,390 samples	109x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 85%, 36,684 samples	95x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $240	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16