MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.4% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 14:49
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 511 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17.5 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1236995015282 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 210 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 41 253403070514 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 893362176208 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2301 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5865 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4423 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3694 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 485 Write 211 Mixed 135 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 3.5 72% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 0.54 42% 102 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192829984 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2114818 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (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 60 605814819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1692 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 98784247843 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 66417374266464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7289113644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26540109135	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 192 Mixed 186 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 962GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15187 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 131 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 342GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2762 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2215 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1200 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 206159740965 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1298 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 40 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 40423	52.8% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 93.3 Mixed 86.6 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%
Seagate ST380211AS 80GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 24GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 62 155624893 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6975 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 35284 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111711652 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6093 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 39389851746345 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 98784247849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 39 173749283 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 38 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	14.2% Very poor	Read 2.46 Write 47 Mixed 33.7 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.14 37% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 40%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 118GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 69.4 Mixed 59.2 85% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 105%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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