MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 124% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 106%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	1.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	232% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 03:25
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$290 164,156 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	SC Int 132 SC Float 140 SC Mixed 136 109% 136 Pts	QC Int 530 QC Float 552 QC Mixed 545 123% 543 Pts	MC Int 683 MC Float 780 MC Mixed 742 110% 735 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 19,539 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 010E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 5.3 1% 4.9 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.5 1% 3.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$200 49,076 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 333GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,834 Write 1,295 Mixed 1,237 322% 1,455 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 35.4 200% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 157 204% 368 MB/s
Poor: 180% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 278%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$174 69,055 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 65GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34396 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 75 (B1) Unknown 88 88 134 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19325142246	97.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 350 Mixed 350 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 26.4 145% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 21.9 93% 211 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$79 62,821 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9162601 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9487935 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1177 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47961 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 77309411352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 148 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 148 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97744865705364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6262039443919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32000280184557	87.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 143 Mixed 153 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$180 14,305 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	40.6% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 108%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 70%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $147

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	1,555x
Core i5-7600KIntel $202Bench 95%, 55,933 samples	767x
Core i7-7700Intel $290Bench 87%, 35,389 samples	136x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	577x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	488x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $310Bench 71%, 231,755 samples	483x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	400x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 92,427 samples	232x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	223x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,017 samples	368x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 91%, 36,892 samples	117x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $172Bench 73%, 21,403 samples	113x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,154

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12