MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 762 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 63.4 56% 67.6 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 56.9 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th 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 100 100 685 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 296 (94) Unknown 100 100 118494 (95) Unknown 100 100 1621 (96) Unknown 100 100 1436 (97) Unknown 100 100 1601 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36895 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46373469159457 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 167663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104880 (F5) Unknown 100 100 217911 (F6) Unknown 100 100 236988 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	71% Very good	Read 488 Write 246 Mixed 233 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 21.8 91% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 20.1 63% 140 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 392GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207341040 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83553257 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1341 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 588775459 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 207341040 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124167504537785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3931898368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1650447965	61.1% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 15.9 55% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.75 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 109%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,123x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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 $45Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16