MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.6% 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	249% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 309 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 882 87% 713 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 68.6 61% 73.3 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 61.2 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2381) 1GB CLim: 905 MHz, MLim: 987 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 17.1 16% 19.7 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 22.6 19% 22.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 1,328 Mixed 1,157 332% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 48.4 218% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 203 223% 382 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 254%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 158 158 34381103502 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 892 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 210454380583 (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 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 179 Mixed 169 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
General USB Flash Disk 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 30GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 37 Mixed 33 47% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.32 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 2.09 189% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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