MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	262% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 656 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3211) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 32 Parallax 60.4 39% 46.8 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 40 32% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,671 Write 1,147 Mixed 1,308 374% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 47.1 215% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 199 223% 380 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 148GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5664 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 268 (B1) Unknown 98 98 119 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14700076891	120% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 500 Mixed 515 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 41.2 174% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 157 171% 286 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3077 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 66 10128 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9372 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19447 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2382 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14914114 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 23533 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864314907 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6060 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9505
Poor: 30% Great: 70%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3981 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 53 10266 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9506 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19529 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2387 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14850359 (BF) G-sense error rate 76 76 242687 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569282075 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5650 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9649
Poor: 30% Great: 70%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 92GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5840 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1677 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5395 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.62 4K Write 4.34 4K Mixed 0.44 197% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 113%
WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 21GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 185 183 1741 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3184 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7745 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.86 4K Mixed 0.89 211% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 70%
WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 21GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 1625 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7869 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3203 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1083 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7869 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.71 187% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

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

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

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 $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