MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 10:22
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 787 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 69.5 66% 77.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 527 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 500 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2554835966	112% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.2 173% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 117 142% 250 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 100 65 (03) Spinup time 128 100 25788678449 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 155 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 2627 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 53 354156566 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 253 127 201864642582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 181 138% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 79545224 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 129 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 107616 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (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 73 70 487718939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 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 108980500168725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 700341596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 535509155	97% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 180 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 237440824 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 84480 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (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 75 70 454230041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 419 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 68719476761 (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 51080046051347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 779329778 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3712327002	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 179 Mixed 169 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 248GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 61GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 99.1 Write 47.9 Mixed 57.8 78% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.67 82% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 29.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 33.3 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 44.2 91% 44.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 135%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

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

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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