MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.5% 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	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 05:21
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 528 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.5% Poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 26 Parallax 53.6 15% 32.7 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 67.4 40% 45.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17893 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1194 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 628 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18050118526	98% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 350 Mixed 351 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 25.8 147% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 88.3 124% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 118%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 225GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 185 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2175 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 945 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 690328 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 95.3 Write 75 Mixed 78.3 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%
Pace Disque Canal + 320GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 295GB free, PID c204 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 19.1 40% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30.6 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 97%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,125x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	305x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,072

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16