MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 18:28
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 518 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 7.78 7% 8.41 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 10.8 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 9142079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -136227772676968 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 69 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9142079 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9142079 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9142079 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10192 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6453 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6453 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10321	72.1% Very good	Read 499 Write 125 Mixed 193 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 18.6 134% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 49.3 60% 106 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 814GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 23 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	104% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 162 Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.34 132% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 358GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 90 143580010 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43242696508 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 317 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3545 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 778 (BC) Unknown 100 95 77310656538 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 521732127 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 21 143580010 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 51	42.6% Average	Read 89.3 Write 59.2 Mixed 67.5 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 196GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 143 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1866 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124795 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 61.1 Mixed 55.8 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 31 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 i7-6700KIntel $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