MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 15:52
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 796 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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: 382.5 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.6% Good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 28.4 80% 66 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 75 45% 50.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,849 Write 1,261 Mixed 1,522 412% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 46.7 238% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 251 281% 479 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8606791144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -47974784694389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 218 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 37 42952097824 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 42952097824 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8606791144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8606791144 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8606791144 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5349 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4616 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4616 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4912 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196673574	57.2% Above average	Read 428 Write 105 Mixed 162 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 12.4 106% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 10.7 26% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 29.9 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 33.5 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 122%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,042x
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	283x
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	57x

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: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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