MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 02:24
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 160 2-Core 308 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 890 93% 746 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 151 Parallax 131 116% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 238GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 539 Mixed 757 196% 892 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 21.5 100% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 92.2 73% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6881 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1468 (B1) Unknown 98 98 118 (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 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22100348641	101% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 443 Mixed 468 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.3 134% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 24.5 101% 223 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126265008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19012170 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 400055074852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1804 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 77309411364 (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 63909113366863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18607641247 (F2) Unknown 100 253 361551908273	93.3% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 192 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.81 219% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 85 114370846 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 217619121 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 769 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180196875 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56789 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 91 560 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 91 560 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125086627538545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 88884320681718 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62233145604238	97.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 169 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.7 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%

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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 $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 $485Bench 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	63x

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 $275	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 $184	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