MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 102%, 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	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 855 91% 725 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 115% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 129 Splatting 114 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1259 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (64) Unknown 100 100 4539296 (65) Unknown 100 100 298176 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1970 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 849 (B7) Unknown 98 98 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 154620002335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11802 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2598 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5359 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2849 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7	75.2% Very good	Read 483 Write 235 Mixed 240 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 15.5 109% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 29 76% 165 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667GB free Firmware: AX1P4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 1692 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2777 (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 92 92 3370 (0A) Spinup retry count 155 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1695 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4064 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 41328 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454249500 (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 13 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2097 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 85.9 Mixed 92.9 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 104GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4463 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2620 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2538 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 55 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 214749347871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8079 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 55 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 81035	37.3% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 72.7 Mixed 63.9 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 208GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 62.4 Mixed 49.1 72% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x16GB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%

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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 $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