MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 11:12
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 748 81% 642 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 96.4 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8018185	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50.8 193% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 134 117% 180 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 931GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,789 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,503 414% 1,887 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 32 191% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 215 182% 274 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (A5) Unknown 100 100 249164858125 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 39 167504511009 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3603496960839 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1748 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8228 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6195 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2612 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.3% Very good	Read 474 Write 324 Mixed 319 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 14.2 114% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 13.9 40% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 101%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 948GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38683345381 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 331 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 253404446757 (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	92% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 162 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.68 145% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 121%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1207 (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 100 100 2545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1207 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 201864249376 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 104 Write 157 Mixed 110 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 30.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 32.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 43.8 91% 43.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
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	58x

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: $1,128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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