MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.5% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 19:54
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 314 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 777 85% 670 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 86.2 52% 73.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 56.9 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4915 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1642 (B1) Unknown 87 87 261 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 237 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43521070972	99.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 419 Mixed 422 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 28.8 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 29.1 38% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 123GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 29 (03) Spinup time 150 150 21500920175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5066 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8528 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 261993791520 (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 200 200 620	50.6% Above average	Read 80.9 Write 95.4 Mixed 86.9 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: CC40 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 222423268 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 49 197597091029 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1091 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 82 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 538771486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1310 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 222423268 (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 -22024592290273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19509957354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10286917147	68% Good	Read 101 Write 136 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 112%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 31GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 210 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2851 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2090 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 33 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 147 Write 129 Mixed 146 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.39 166% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer U 8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 55a5 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.67% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 3.62 Mixed 5.57 11% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.04 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 1.15 92% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 32.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

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