MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	212% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 09:51
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 771 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 106 Parallax 104 80% 103 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 74.7 67% 82.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,151 Write 856 Mixed 658 266% 1,222 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44 184% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 533 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 159 182% 319 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 205%
Hitachi HUS726040ALE614 4TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: APGNW907 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 139 139 30089806206 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1566 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 257699217445 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 170 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.27 4K Mixed 0.45 146% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 242GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229203576 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77274136 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2627 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 41 3105833287714 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128347 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 -140737488355294 (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 -129987185207634 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32461942150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41659654160	97.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94787 (C2) HDA temperature 111 84 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 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3212 (F1) Unknown 200 200 139428233797 (F2) Unknown 200 200 9423714164	95.6% Outstanding	Read 118 Write 215 Mixed 131 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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