MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 02:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 848 89% 713 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2910 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 213 Parallax 205 162% 205 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 191 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 533GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6051 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 128 (A3) Unknown 100 100 71 (A4) Unknown 100 100 68139 (A5) Unknown 100 100 221 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 864 (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 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 640793 (F2) Unknown 100 100 553606 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1090224	103% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 390 Mixed 439 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.6 153% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 22.4 88% 195 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,079 Write 1,107 Mixed 1,109 315% 1,431 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 28 201% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 26.4 112% 246 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 686GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686687720 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2735 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339544613 (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	72.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 116 Mixed 98.9 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.36 110% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 509GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 97 456 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 514573806 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1689 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 301 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4902 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 7 456 (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 -109972637576579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2721874130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3557356307	63.9% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.63 120% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.2 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
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	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $1,129

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