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 as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 18:27
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224463200 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4546889219 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 605814816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16558 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 85899345952 (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 -36163624624981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31557160821 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41732595916	89.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 139 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 229GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 66 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 757 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044970529 (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	87.2% Excellent	Read 186 Write 118 Mixed 121 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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: $1,293

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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