MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.2% 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	77.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 16:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 795 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.7 82% 100 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 82.7 70% 85.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 270GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 7520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1169 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1051 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524309 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4736 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12762	83.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 355 Mixed 348 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 9.96 104% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 42.1 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335s Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12086037995331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4572 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1549736 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 86 86 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1549736 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1092491 (F9) Unknown 100 100 36319	77.2% Very good	Read 506 Write 229 Mixed 314 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 11.8 115% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 11.7 71% 163 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 97GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155622669 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45041600 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2894 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6291552 (BD) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 159452233760 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15656 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 21474836512 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 155622669 (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 38302518360917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3106253161 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1863876110	49% Average	Read 92.9 Write 77.9 Mixed 84.1 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 29.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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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