MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 779 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 157 Parallax 149 120% 151 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 EVO 250GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 278% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,264 Write 1,517 Mixed 1,380 380% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52.3 209% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 482 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 47.7 133% 288 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 381%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4670 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 150 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177	77.5% Very good	Read 519 Write 356 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 10.4 103% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 43.2 61% 106 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 71GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2191 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 67 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1189 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 193274642467 (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 100 100 200 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13747962290 (F7) Unknown 100 100 433689229 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1782892836	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 475 Mixed 479 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 32.1 148% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 20.2 63% 126 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 589824 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579978348 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 210454773790 (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	71.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 114 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 887GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10258968 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3537264 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471466012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39941 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48546015348018 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14416830481 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87913565693	80% Excellent	Read 169 Write 111 Mixed 121 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 103%

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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	1,050x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	463x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	279x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16