MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 23:21
Run Duration	959 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 157 2-Core 308 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 867 91% 730 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.9 91% 108 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,820 Write 1,293 Mixed 1,355 399% 1,823 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 30.4 227% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.4 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 197 174% 246 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 198GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 922 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 389 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2696229913	133% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 503 Mixed 510 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 54 217% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 128 157% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 119GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2380 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 855 (B1) Unknown 99 99 44 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19434358175	117% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 508 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 45.2 187% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 151 128% 177 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 441GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 147 1591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1398 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (BF) G-sense error rate 83 83 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6018 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3066 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8596069866 (F2) Unknown 200 200 26072375806 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 703GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 30.3 Write 1.37 Mixed 0.62 8% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.01 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 26.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 124%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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