MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	267% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 297 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 826 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 67.4 41% 50.2 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 41.3 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,874 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,384 397% 1,814 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 35 232% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 64.1 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 240 197% 267 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 98GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12742 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2187 (B1) Unknown 88 88 119 (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 79 60 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 400 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35109999903	78.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 216 Mixed 124 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13 118% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 33.1 87% 188 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 822GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163331392 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9736976 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (B7) Unknown 1 1 532 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 382257926381 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 96086 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 34359738397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 53 3482 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2937757625874 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9840704863 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9915932788	74% Very good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 136 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 141GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 25 (03) Spinup time 69 69 9940 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4972 (05) Reallocated sector count 45 45 2413 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3941 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7281 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 70 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 55 353697813 (C2) HDA temperature 78 55 370475030 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 561219 (C4) Reallocation count 42 42 2413 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 103 (C8) Write error rate 99 95 6285 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.8% Average	Read 81.2 Write 81.8 Mixed 85.3 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 25.4 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	61x

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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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