MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 14:36
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 753 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 67.9 67% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 74.5 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 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 95 95 24344469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 62259845924118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 24344469 (64) Unknown 0 0 3661 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7744 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 45 73017393187 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 73017393187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24344469 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 131481833832448 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24344469 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24344469 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 30 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3426 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2941 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2941 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3492	89.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 257 Mixed 307 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 25.7 141% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 83.7 111% 200 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 181GB free Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1703 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 888 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5963912 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10862	79.2% Very good	Read 508 Write 358 Mixed 413 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 10.9 103% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 30.8 64% 129 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,493 Write 1,079 Mixed 1,264 353% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.7 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 189 208% 358 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 1x8GB 3,234 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 42%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16