MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.1% 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	86.1% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 17:24
Run Duration	464 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 761 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 109 Parallax 95.3 89% 105 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.1 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,656 Write 1,930 Mixed 1,997 487% 2,194 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 72.7 262% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 278 294% 486 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 353%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2796 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1239 (AA) Unknown 93 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 100 64427589666 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 540147 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 93 100 0 (E9) Unknown 74 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 540147 (F2) Unknown 100 100 333758 (F9) Unknown 100 100 102942	86.1% Excellent	Read 472 Write 229 Mixed 332 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 24.1 144% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 60.3 98% 189 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 95%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9380 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2632 (05) Reallocated sector count 54 54 2012 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1010 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 471597084 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 280238 (C4) Reallocation count 52 52 2012 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 4367 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43.9% Average	Read 98.7 Write 54.1 Mixed 55.2 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31419960 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31660637 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 656867367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11896 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 60129542183 (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 42623255452275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1620673905711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1702606052190
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591593 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4593 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 227634249767 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 148 Mixed 137 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 755GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 221 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 362653 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 25GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 25 Write 3.57 Mixed 6.45 11% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%

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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	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

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 $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