MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$250 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 771 81% 647 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 77 Parallax 67.2 65% 74.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 70 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JAJS300M240C 240GB 1,437 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0115G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 61 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 115731 (A5) Unknown 100 100 245 (A6) Unknown 100 100 163 (A7) Unknown 100 100 221 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30096170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2097152 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75309 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75404 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1851696	38.2% Below average	Read 356 Write 42.4 Mixed 81.9 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 15.9 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 27.1 34% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 111%
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GB 2,675 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 110GB free Firmware: 20200L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (64) Unknown 100 100 1051233 (AA) Unknown 100 100 169 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 30 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4183 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 0 3473448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 3713 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2498 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2323 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1896 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 277 Mixed 349 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 22.5 115% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 57.9 107% 214 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 80%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,093

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 $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