MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	84.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 09:53
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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-$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 (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 721 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 186 Parallax 191 139% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 178 Splatting 119 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1213 (A5) Unknown 100 100 395219502195 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 263 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 579 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274878824478 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3405942620953 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3428 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11669 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9657 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8089 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 497 Write 337 Mixed 277 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 16.5 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 41 78% 163 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 101%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 31GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1537 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 287 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 49 219043332125 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 43389803271 (F7) Unknown 100 100 430331524 (F8) Unknown 100 100 903139996	70.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 139 Mixed 199 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.1 117% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 40.5 68% 136 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 77%
OCZ VERTEX-PLUS 60GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free Firmware: 3.55 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9222 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2799 (E8) Unknown 100 100 234557 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	32.8% Below average	Read 183 Write 122 Mixed 134 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 7.44 59% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 25.7 DQ Mixed 8.17 11% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69232905 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52577568 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1459 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 4 4 192300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 44 69232905 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.4% Average	Read 78.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 72.8 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 44%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
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 $130Bench 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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Total price: $1,084

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