MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.4% 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	94.9% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 504 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2601) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 20.5 18% 23.4 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 25.1 21% 26 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 113 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 437889389	94.9% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 404 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 28.2 157% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 28.1 36% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 209 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 158706 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 201864052761 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 96.9 Mixed 91.4 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 287GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2083 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2332 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.9% Average	Read 93.2 Write 73.4 Mixed 87.2 64% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42% Average	Read 100 Write 98.9 Mixed 72 114% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 12GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 21.2 Mixed 25.2 33% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.95 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 1.5 160% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

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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	1,043x
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 $129Bench 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: $1,093

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 $184	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) $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