MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.55% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:42
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 i3-6100-$113 22,526 User benchmarks - Average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.7% Good	SC Int 106 SC Float 109 SC Mixed 108 86% 108 Pts	QC Int 262 QC Float 321 QC Mixed 306 67% 297 Pts	MC Int 284 MC Float 307 MC Mixed 306 45% 299 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 37,043 User benchmarks - Average bench 7% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4678 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 19.2 6% 20.7 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 32.3 9% 20.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$80 1,369 User benchmarks - Average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 293 (03) Spinup time 180 173 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1130 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3244 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 26 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 146 Mixed 140 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$43 57,298 User benchmarks - Average bench 83% 854GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897157307 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1859 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2460 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 223339544622 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 152474	91.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 171 Mixed 131 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 1,578 User benchmarks - Average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 49%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $124

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $188Bench 81%, 5,547 samples	72x
Core i7-7700Intel $298Bench 88%, 8,597 samples	56x
Core i5-7600Intel $218Bench 88%, 3,120 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $239Bench 71%, 89,574 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 99%, 133,739 samples	41x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 8%, 9,133 samples	31x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $96Bench 94%, 137,510 samples	34x
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $60Bench 54%, 8,393 samples	20x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $165Bench 96%, 86,761 samples	18x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 2,447 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 74%, 6,566 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 3,334 samples	15x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $647

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $309	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $96
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $224	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $165

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $132	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $133	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13