MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92% 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	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 743 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 99.2 95% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1453 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 207 (B1) Unknown 98 98 10 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4811831539	85.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 275 Mixed 277 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 23.2 129% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 17.4 75% 171 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 591GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 32308 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 240519282713 (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 200 200 111 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 77.7 Write 89.1 Mixed 86.1 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 20.3 Mixed 20.9 31% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.03 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.05 42% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 105%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $92Bench 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: $1,293

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 $40	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