MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 683 63% 528 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 18.2 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 16.3 Gravity 18.7 Splatting 20.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 856GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 147942840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3802259 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 555417632 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 111669149728 (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 -57565446668209 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1745388353 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1795173921	90.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 153 Mixed 125 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.97 228% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 872GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4353 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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 200 199 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 143 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.35 143% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 104 162% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FDD2 4x8GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 99%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	463x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	279x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16