MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 153 68% 110 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 393 45% 351 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 61 Parallax 96.6 61% 77.5 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 79.2 59% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1547 (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 28979483668 (F2) Unknown 99 99 31799140719	84.9% Excellent	Read 513 Write 288 Mixed 333 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 22.1 132% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 22.4 62% 133 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 203GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 648 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5039 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2784 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34248944 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1368 (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 -3840212965 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5629 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 7 648 (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 -38444252258533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2450249825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2306655866	13.3% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 17.1 Mixed 11.7 14% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 28.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 27.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 109%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
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	57x

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: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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