MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 00:25
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ABW-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 415 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 96.9 93% 111 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (64) Unknown 100 100 2378208 (65) Unknown 100 100 211648 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 516 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1469 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 184684904486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 33 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6540 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1859 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4683 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2090 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 231	66.1% Good	Read 481 Write 232 Mixed 255 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 11 85% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 23.3 62% 133 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 198GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (64) Unknown 100 100 336544 (65) Unknown 100 100 52256 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 73 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1610 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 214749675557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 71 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 71 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 863 (EA) Unknown 100 100 459 (F1) Unknown 100 100 493 (F2) Unknown 100 100 522 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 497	62.8% Good	Read 484 Write 232 Mixed 255 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 12.1 89% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 21.7 36% 66 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 892GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 66 104010063 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 110855 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 605945892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 894 (C2) HDA temperature 36 17 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 104010063 (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 77704548319593 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86214501 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17795562	91.7% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 174 Mixed 138 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.36 111% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 48%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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