MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	164% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 01:22
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 784 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.25 7% 9.44 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$108 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,573 Write 538 Mixed 812 213% 974 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 26.7 157% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 26.6 151% 342 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 140%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 800GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 76078135 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17443839 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521535519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2277 (C2) HDA temperature 31 15 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 76078135 (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 -86311662778663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3299529597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3355825528	102% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 164 Mixed 142 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

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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	1,049x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	461x
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	285x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $862

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 $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16