MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	267% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 845 84% 686 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 85% 108 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 99.2 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,858 Write 1,099 Mixed 1,308 383% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 33.7 222% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 214 234% 398 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 256GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19388116 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7515 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 94 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 266059875 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3757 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3768041660 (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 73 51 454623259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 19388116 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 94 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 79.4 Write 79.5 Mixed 74.9 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 177GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225312648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6838814 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2145 (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 74 61 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49385 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 134514080750551 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8818577068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12111595740	91.5% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 126 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 151GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 88320273 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3882107 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (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 74 63 437714970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 357 (C2) HDA temperature 26 14 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 88320273 (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 -81883551496317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3053441197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2114859699	74.1% Very good	Read 145 Write 114 Mixed 93 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 i7-6700KIntel $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 $109Bench 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 $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 $279	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