MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 11:46
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ITA-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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 738 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.7 88% 105 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,787 Write 1,187 Mixed 1,503 400% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 56.5 211% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 440 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 152 162% 275 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 280%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 161GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4412 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1489 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 240519282721 (F1) Unknown 100 100 349225	79.1% Very good	Read 516 Write 354 Mixed 358 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 9.87 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 46.2 94% 193 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 747GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 109 109 17193631954 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2828 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2828 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 158914969635 (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	95.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 163 Mixed 171 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 107%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 12.5 Mixed 14.2 18% 15 MB/s	4K Read 6.16 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.49 138% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2666C15-4GRR 04CD F4-2666C15-4GRR 04CD F4-2666C15-4GRR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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