MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	255% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	42.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	569 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 86.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 711 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A78) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.29% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.91 6% 8.88 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.29% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,406 Write 1,295 Mixed 1,598 390% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.7 194% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 475 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 133 180% 331 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 210%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: AY000U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4762 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3333 (0A) Spinup retry count 128 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3829 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16016 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159347740 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 678 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 271 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.8 Mixed 94.1 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 500GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 465GB free Firmware: PB4AC60Y Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 76 67961577 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3800 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4913 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3187 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 373662154752 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115964117038 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 398068 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 188979413020 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 19 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 99 99 423	42.1% Average	Read 80.8 Write 66.2 Mixed 0.23 35% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.11 33% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MR[A/B]4U300JJJM16G 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 8394 MR[A/B]4U300JJJM16G 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.3% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%

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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 $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: $1,267

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 $179	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