MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.5% 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	88.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 18:33
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 545 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2877) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 23.9 Parallax 26.4 21% 25.2 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 28 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 409494836	88.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 273 Mixed 275 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 27.7 133% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 63.1 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 110%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 801GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1728 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 26 (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	44.6% Average	Read 90.6 Write 64.5 Mixed 75 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 578GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 114 108 7275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177549 (C2) HDA temperature 122 85 25 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 58.7 Mixed 46.9 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%
TrekStor DS maxi light 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 99GB free, PID 003f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 36.8 Mixed 36.6 48% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 3.86 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 29.2 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,118x
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	318x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

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