MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	90.7% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 122 2-Core 254 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 497 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 6.44 6% 7.78 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.68% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 90% 109 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 92.7 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20578566 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 432 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 70 300649087013 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 317830332490 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1629 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2859 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2588 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2917 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 481 Mixed 408 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 18.4 131% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 19.4 32% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 86.6 Write 75.6 Mixed 75.8 100% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 8502 2400 C15 Series 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

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