MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 335 44% 333 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2299) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.36 fps	MRender 3.24 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2 2% 2.01 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5209 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2760 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 850 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7932271024	94.4% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.9 154% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 26.7 36% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 115%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 346GB free Firmware: GK8OA87A 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 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 100 151 (03) Spinup time 123 100 42981589478 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 98 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7256 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8293 (C2) HDA temperature 171 111 240518955043 (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	47.2% Average	Read 81 Write 83.1 Mixed 84.4 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 160GB-$34 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 120GB free Firmware: GMBOA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 0 (02) Throughput performance 125 100 176 (03) Spinup time 106 100 12897550529 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 100 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1317 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1838 (C2) HDA temperature 200 130 210454183966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40% Average	Read 67.6 Write 71.8 Mixed 70.2 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,084

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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