MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.6% 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	212% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 107 2-Core 279 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 776 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 19.7 13% 21.6 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 32.7 21% 25.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,725 Write 872 Mixed 1,046 267% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 52.3 238% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 185 198% 334 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129482616 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1730800 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196740 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 521207838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3894 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 47244640286 (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 -98066988266749 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8000088743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27168074652	69% Good	Read 99 Write 140 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2391 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15283 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (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	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 216GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8666 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5661 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1706 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8857 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 33 (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	60.7% Good	Read 114 Write 97 Mixed 91.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 76%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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	58x

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: $1,128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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