MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	111% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 07:25
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 665 74% 582 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 188 Parallax 169 136% 175 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 162 Splatting 118 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6561 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1306 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 39 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11270502912	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 40.4 170% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 78.2 122% 235 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 249GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1338 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (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	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 100 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $230Bench 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% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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