MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 18:01
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 653 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A78) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.97 6% 8.26 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 15 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 189GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	88.9% Excellent	Read 171 Write 177 Mixed 280 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 43.4 178% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 95.2 155% 289 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7547 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 823 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11781159532	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 406 Mixed 409 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 25.2 148% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 104 134% 241 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 359GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 187 186 126375 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4823 (05) Reallocated sector count 62 62 1104 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4689 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 37 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 1081 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 193 161 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5643 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 100111	55.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 93.2 Mixed 96.1 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 128%

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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	1,134x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	306x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,072

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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