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 above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	193% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 08:11
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 250 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 717 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% 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% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8690 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1525 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 136 (AE) Unknown 99 99 91 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1949 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 19 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 69672 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20683 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24418	193% Outstanding	Read 1,837 Write 1,090 Mixed 1,315 313% 1,414 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.5 150% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 221 165% 208 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160463368 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9157572 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (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 74 37 -109388067635174 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13327 (C2) HDA temperature 26 63 47244640282 (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 -2276332666007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10076331896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 306844251905	91.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 159 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54033816 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12961909028 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (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 71 43 167991771165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65574 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 55834574877 (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 96065533517727 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -61532894743376 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101092258261245	95.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 151 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165890192 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 21544328755 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 4295032849 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 502982311964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63413 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27921582382644 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104417523771739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -103892476090897	93.2% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 178 Mixed 164 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 31.4 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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: $1,294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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