MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	93% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 51.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 69% 129 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 734 65% 549 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 126 Parallax 105 98% 117 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 114 Splatting 93.6 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP550NS38 480GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A0) Unknown 100 100 3 (A1) Unknown 100 100 343 (A3) Unknown 100 100 132 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36083 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 166901 (F2) Unknown 100 100 220349 (F5) Unknown 100 100 144332	73.1% Very good	Read 480 Write 248 Mixed 253 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 21.4 97% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 45.4 80% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 625GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12896960699 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6278 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 180389281818 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 183 Mixed 155 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 1x8GB 3,234 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 155 26% 155 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 42%

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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 $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 $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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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 $45	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