MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	97.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 213 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 728 68% 566 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 87% 108 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 198 183 195 156 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 827 Write 409 Mixed 287 SusWrite 191 94% 429 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44.8 156% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.3 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 44.8 49% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 144%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 135 55 55 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 420 Write 366 Mixed 366 SusWrite 85.7 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.1 155% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 177 134% 171 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 160 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 133 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 273GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 66 67 66 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 67 SusWrite 66 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 29 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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