MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.8% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 11:43
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 781 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 62.3 58% 67.9 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 59.5 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1126 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 65 45 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10667670807
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Kingston RBU-SC400S37128G 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 100GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4278041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34995393531761 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1693 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 872 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 66 81608704023 (C2) HDA temperature 23 66 81608704023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4278041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4278041 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4278041 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9437 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4217 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4217 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4349	73.2% Very good	Read 460 Write 143 Mixed 212 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 15.3 133% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 44.4 71% 137 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 709 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 393 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1511391528	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 409 Mixed 422 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.2 194% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 129 152% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 81GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4406082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -13469017435058 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1943 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 157 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 75 85904261143 (C2) HDA temperature 23 75 85904261143 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4406082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4406082 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4406082 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1944 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1645 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1645 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2704	74.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 150 Mixed 229 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 19 137% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 44.4 59% 106 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%

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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 28.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,117x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 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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Total price: $1,263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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