MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 06:43
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 151 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 338 34% 279 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1115 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 100 62% 79.5 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 80.3 60% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1537 (AF) Unknown 99 99 3 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 350 (B2) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 99 99 5 (B4) Unknown 99 99 9147 (B5) Unknown 99 99 3 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28968179544 (F2) Unknown 99 99 31772101059	55.9% Above average	Read 354 Write 88.5 Mixed 142 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 19.3 115% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 53 43% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 108GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 10728 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5030 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2784 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34215383 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 12885098721 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 38 -3840344037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5620 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 7 10728 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 88 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56397215571737 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2082436598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1250363632	7.37% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 9.21 Mixed 12.8 9% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 109%

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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 $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 $178	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