MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 613 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 89% 108 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 240GB 2,727 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 278 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131085 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 583	64.1% Good	Read 467 Write 299 Mixed 200 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 7.7 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 8.42 59% 138 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 807GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 101 Write 97.7 Mixed 62.3 108% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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