MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 736 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 78.8 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 97GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 849 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 77 53 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7151298550	89.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 349 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 25.3 142% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 72.9 76% 118 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 118%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19741957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 -25469156032419 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1093 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 255 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 12009 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19741957 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19741957 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19741957 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35820 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32018	49.7% Average	Read 202 Write 90.7 Mixed 119 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.1 113% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 73 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 21.1 35% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 25 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 24 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 144 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.27 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 148 148 21492269301 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11987 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11987 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 266288889882 (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	87% Excellent	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 119%

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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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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 $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