MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 00:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 230 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 564 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 95.1 85% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 101 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3244432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 120198954753071 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 263 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 43 68722294808 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 68722294808 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3244432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3244432 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3244432 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4251 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2977 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2977 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5674	54.5% Above average	Read 430 Write 74.6 Mixed 106 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 14.2 103% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 77 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 27 32% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 69%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19725127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 58935541239665 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 108 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 36 68721836057 (C2) HDA temperature 25 36 68721836057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19725127 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19725127 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19725127 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 47244640256 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1992 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1613 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1613 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2728 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1179654	79.1% Very good	Read 513 Write 243 Mixed 273 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 16.4 118% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 63.3 91% 167 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 599GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 125 115 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6175 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 550578 (C2) HDA temperature 123 86 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 93.4 Mixed 80.5 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 101%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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