MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	84.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 10:52
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 743 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 128 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11534479 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 153 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 38 163210002462 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120259739676 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 436 (EA) Unknown 100 100 872 (F1) Unknown 253 253 789 (F2) Unknown 253 253 699 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 318 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 17.5 110% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 49 98% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 106%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 874 (C2) HDA temperature 127 112 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 133 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 24.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 98%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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