MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 10:27
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 406 64% 459 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 70.6 67% 77.3 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 72.8 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9241175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 68899865364303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 95 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 48 1009320460316 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 1009320460316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9241175 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9241175 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9241175 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3393 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3393 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4075 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4128814	70% Very good	Read 511 Write 186 Mixed 234 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.7 116% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 12.5 39% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 687GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 627 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 627 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 184684576794 (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	85.2% Excellent	Read 163 Write 134 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 630GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60432109 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 442391402 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 302 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 27 60432109 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45625437620603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1174944715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1864802192	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 91.7 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 57%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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: $1,085

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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