MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	77.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 17:28
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 253 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 790 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35983236017471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1763 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 632972 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 632972 (F2) Unknown 100 100 627279 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18735	77.1% Very good	Read 476 Write 183 Mixed 247 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.8 126% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 71.3 100% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 33355582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -114873195291119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33355582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33355582 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33355582 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7611 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6983 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6983 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11517	75.8% Very good	Read 513 Write 135 Mixed 206 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 21.5 141% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 52.1 63% 110 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 82%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 431GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 197 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2170 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1352 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62514 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.4% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 37.1 Mixed 55.2 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 104%

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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	1,116x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

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