MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	183% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 14:30
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 654 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 75.9 68% 81.1 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 66.8 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 646 Mixed 925 273% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 20.6 181% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 50.2 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 22.5 40% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 234%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 800GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 78 2952 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 228193271864 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 19464 (BC) Unknown 100 96 8590066939 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 232399306780 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6576 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 -140737488355300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 12 2952 (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 40342627830888 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2658539358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2189544091	54.8% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 96.9 Mixed 78.2 67% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.62 118% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 8.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 64%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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	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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,128

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 $15	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