MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.5% 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	91.2% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 21:40
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$243 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 798 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 (100^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 0.27 Parallax 10.6 8% 6.9 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 20.3 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.5% 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% 187GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 168 Write 175 Mixed 580 70% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 36.9 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 19.5 38% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 63.9% 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 below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7550 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11808960635	91.2% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 401 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 20.6 109% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 19.3 99% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$64 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 359GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 187 186 126379 (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 19538 (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	54.5% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 93.5 Mixed 108 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.38 70% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.5% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 30.9 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 49.6 SC Mixed 33.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 43.8 91% 43.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,936 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $243Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,141x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	308x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	234x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,068

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16