MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	210% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 15:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 436 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.1 62% 73.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 73 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2065 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2427 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 70 (AE) Unknown 99 99 101 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 964 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 27 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 18088 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7671 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9082	210% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,135 Mixed 1,391 326% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 45.8 166% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 158 161% 263 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 220%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 453GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5270 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 18820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12538 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 938 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 75 50 487915545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 292316 (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 100 99 23 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 74.4 Write 80 Mixed 82.1 60% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 386GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 103 99 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3693 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3005 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 884 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18821 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 31 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 94.6 Mixed 94.1 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

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Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	179x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	145x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	88x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $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) $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