MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	86.9% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 682 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 54.5 37% 46.9 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 38.6 39% 48.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 630 (B1) Unknown 89 89 53 (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 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7727047164	86.9% Excellent	Read 489 Write 270 Mixed 275 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 27.2 131% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 65.7 102% 200 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 416GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 31427255 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3451123 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 689504289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1643 (C2) HDA temperature 33 20 85899345953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 31427255 (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 91572997718885 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1661926956 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1341546015	87.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 136 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 599GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 183416214 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9590008 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 723189795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1220 (C2) HDA temperature 35 21 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 183416214 (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 -27921582389688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2333784154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3029377703	85.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 141 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 95%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,042x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	314x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	277x

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	151x
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: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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