MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 270 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 785 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 158 Mixed 134 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 788GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 89 115020423 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4853108062 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5489 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 959 (BC) Unknown 100 80 12885164283 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 639631398 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 111669149734 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 115020423 (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 132843338492110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2633854172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3221180660	55.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 83.3 Mixed 79 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.57 122% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 3.35 Mixed 5.35 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 0% 0.006 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 64%

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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