MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	356% 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-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 19:24
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 777 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 85.1 56% 75.1 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 57.9 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	356% Outstanding	Read 2,935 Write 2,732 Mixed 2,123 578% 2,597 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 35.5 231% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 60.7 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 259 157% 165 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 356% Great: 313%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 311GB free Firmware: MU01.6 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 717 (94) Unknown 100 100 33868 (95) Unknown 100 100 524 (96) Unknown 100 100 377 (97) Unknown 100 100 498 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14488 (A5) Unknown 100 100 74 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37534358962204 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80426 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65577 (F5) Unknown 100 100 171139 (F6) Unknown 100 100 135472 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 489 Write 242 Mixed 261 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 14.9 95% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 14.8 21% 37 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 58 53 14125 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1688 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41061 (C2) HDA temperature 122 86 30 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 130 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.43 150% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 144410544 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 50 42953364306 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 144 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 37 63 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 554893337 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 373 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 64 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 64 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 138 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 406GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 143 8383 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4473 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2011 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 803 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27681 (C2) HDA temperature 127 93 25 (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	68.9% Good	Read 136 Write 105 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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