MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	201% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 817 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,579 Write 841 Mixed 1,027 253% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 45.6 237% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 95.9 147% 283 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 551GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85821040 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11058748 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 370278422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3689 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 30064771094 (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 -1696512081411 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8009136662 (F2) Unknown 100 253 489636996497	71.7% Very good	Read 95.1 Write 154 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.62 195% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 108%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 234GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 183 23699 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 2735 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 1 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 236 54411 (09) Power-on hours count 226 226 53671 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 248 248 2093 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 253 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2201 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 2970 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 144 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	35.4% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 62 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 4.21 4K Mixed 0.51 161% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 87GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 422267646 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3013 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454361115 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 60 78904394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 66.8 Mixed 62.4 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 42%
504 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 27GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 41 Write 18.4 Mixed 13.6 26% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D32AEEA.K8FE 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 31.4 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 31.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 120%

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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