MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 06:50
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 692 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1187 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 32 20% 29.1 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 31.3 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 1,078 Mixed 1,145 312% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.3 182% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 23.7 101% 232 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 21GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 335 (B1) Unknown 98 1 26 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 2 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50173794539	100% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 396 Mixed 424 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 27.7 142% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 138 149% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 53GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1114 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 127 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 3.82 4K Mixed 0.44 181% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 148 10608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 362 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 139 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 144 10800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 256 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74% Very good	Read 151 Write 107 Mixed 111 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 98%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 179 174 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1067 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 125 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.46 192% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

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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