MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	126% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 20:26
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 193 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 560 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A57) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.49 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.5 81% 99.2 fps	MRender 84.9 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 81.9 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 274GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22631 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 551 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 85 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3410297906	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 409 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 38.1 156% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 106 118% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 937 Write 654 Mixed 719 171% 770 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 17.7 126% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 17.1 84% 191 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 153%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23860 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 550 (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 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 150 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3198116588	84.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 347 Mixed 355 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 25.3 130% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 80.6 72% 103 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 126%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W01 14GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 9GB free Firmware: 0310 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 845 Write 144 Mixed 249 89% 413 MB/s	4K Read 155 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 85.3 386% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 183 151% 222 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 243%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$169 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 128 128 116 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34388836796 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2542 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 133145165850 (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 171 Write 193 Mixed 201 143% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 0.77 212% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 4x8GB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 96%

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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