MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	239% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	2.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 06:03
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 190 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 610 56% 471 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8276 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1381 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 125 (AE) Unknown 99 99 56 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1949 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 19 61 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 64384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18650 (F2) Unknown 99 99 22169	239% Outstanding	Read 1,899 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,602 364% 1,635 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53.7 198% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 417 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 178 186% 307 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 241%
Adata SP600NS34 256GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 238GB free Firmware: 5.8f Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 6435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 826 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 171814551675 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 388 (C2) HDA temperature 42 42 249109938234 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64447070976 (EA) Unknown 100 100 117773657600 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30088222659 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31883727801	90.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 301 Mixed 364 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.2 134% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 31.5 92% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14280048 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12956199368 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 43 168293826607 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 433 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64237 (C2) HDA temperature 47 57 55834574895 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 77 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79444010066285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -106318405351302 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72455268031006	90.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 155 Mixed 132 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21363960 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5483945 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 38 43023427108906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11094 (C2) HDA temperature 42 62 47244640298 (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 31361851195982 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7229775640 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45384696706	86.6% Excellent	Read 139 Write 162 Mixed 151 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 232GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59964584 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12953520557 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 4295032848 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 47 790036526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61645 (C2) HDA temperature 46 53 42949673006 (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 64523293696198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 91760570323851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -122822830561308	65.1% Good	Read 99.5 Write 128 Mixed 88.9 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 3x4GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 100%

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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	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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 $48Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,067

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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