MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 06:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 783 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 68.1 68% 76.9 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 75.4 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A5) Unknown 100 100 983049 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 59 176093659177 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12885098499 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30 (EA) Unknown 100 100 45 (F1) Unknown 253 253 39 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 517 Write 128 Mixed 178 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 6.67 98% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 7.97 57% 131 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 297GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 841 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 26 (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	56.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 93.7 Mixed 90.1 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 142GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169487970 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 689766429 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 71 112815830 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 72.1 Write 74 Mixed 71.8 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GFX 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 04CD F4-2400C15-8GFX 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%

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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	1,119x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16