MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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	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-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 705 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8466) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.8% Average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 67.4 42% 55.2 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 44.2 45% 56 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,811 Write 1,290 Mixed 1,199 318% 1,434 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.1 199% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 153 182% 321 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 143GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 61141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1051 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (64) Unknown 100 100 1485632 (65) Unknown 100 100 182592 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 644 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 766 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 188980068389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 61141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 61141 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3611 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1368 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2214 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2370 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 438020	69.9% Good	Read 482 Write 233 Mixed 244 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 11.9 96% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 25 66% 144 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 103%

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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 $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) $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