MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	230% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 03:28
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 678 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 84% 109 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 99.1 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 128GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4584620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 109117939127929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 46 68722491419 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 68722491419 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4584620 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4584620 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4584620 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 47244640256 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2724 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2495 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2495 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3217 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1441801	76.8% Very good	Read 509 Write 239 Mixed 323 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.7 111% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 63.3 93% 172 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,208 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,201 338% 1,535 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.8 200% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 186 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 984GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 30798892 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34784774 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13975823582792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 773128218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5332 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135678016882131 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8949098250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8415992497 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.7 Mixed 71.9 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.57 109% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 101%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

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 $177	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