MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	60.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 762 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

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: 390.65 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 78% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.5 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$96 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 99GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7617 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 952 (B1) Unknown 97 97 178 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22931644033	109% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 461 Mixed 475 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.5 170% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 120 114% 167 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4532 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274708004	60.9% Good	Read 493 Write 175 Mixed 235 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 7.13 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 6.79 51% 121 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119056128 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93023166 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 471007259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68444 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 64424509467 (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 127564823663866 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87178288357 (F2) Unknown 100 253 265354062629	91.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 141 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 113%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 92.4 Write 84.6 Mixed 87 112% 88 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 1.94 178% 4.14 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.5 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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: $1,085

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) $35	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