MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 12:09
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 115 2-Core 197 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 517 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 2.66 5% 5.24 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 3.7 4% 5.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (64) Unknown 100 100 2142544 (65) Unknown 100 100 244240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1263 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 634 (B7) Unknown 99 99 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 210454511642 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3939 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1425 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3031 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3158 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 468 Write 191 Mixed 213 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 11.2 85% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 20 62% 139 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153500952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22704835 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 50 454361112 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4488 (C2) HDA temperature 24 50 73014444056 (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 -75183402515445 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9298149944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 260686180724	84.8% Excellent	Read 123 Write 172 Mixed 127 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 4.89 4K Mixed 0.52 168% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $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 $76Bench 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: $1,302

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