MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.4%, 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	202% 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 701 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 388.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 84% 108 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 99.9 79% 95.7 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4566333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 112090056497231 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1639 (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 4566333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4566333 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4566333 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 47244640256 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2736 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2498 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2498 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3220 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1441801	78.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 242 Mixed 318 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 17.5 116% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 11.8 69% 155 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 1,060 Mixed 1,064 307% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 24.1 175% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 56 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 26.4 40% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 675GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 130728950 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44292344 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -92779883526130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (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 71 50 521338909 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7421 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 73014444061 (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 96628174227266 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11805228359 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10542686769 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 79.7 Write 77.4 Mixed 60.4 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.37 114% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%
Lexar Echo 32GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 26GB free, PID a017 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Read 33.1 Write 6.33 Mixed 10.6 16% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.64 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.02 27% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 11%

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 (83^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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 $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