MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 12:12
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 420 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.9% Poor	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 25.9 24% 28.4 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 28.9 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 138 100 1418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1831 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1975 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1938 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 231928234020 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 392950 (F1) Unknown 253 253 201861 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8564	93.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 426 Mixed 459 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 5.94 127% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 33 90% 189 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 86%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 52GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 225 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441839 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 78 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4362	83.1% Excellent	Read 517 Write 356 Mixed 359 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 10.3 101% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 48.7 99% 202 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 140 9850 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6950 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 487681 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 109 Mixed 109 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 455GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77269499 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 34 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 525308452 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 521535514 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 21474836506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 39 77269499 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.45 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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