MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

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Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 20:59
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 406 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 69.1 65% 76.1 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 71.5 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,722 Write 1132 Mixed 449 241% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 50.5 195% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 1,000 748% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 43GB free Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,803 Write 1,213 Mixed 729 275% 1,248 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 73.7 253% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,391 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 997 819% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 233GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 142 142 141 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 140 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 795GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 91 Write 61.3 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 62.5 85% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 84%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	460x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $938

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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