MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 02:55
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 464 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 69.1 64% 75.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74.3 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9180 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3829 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1249 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10001708073	87% Excellent	Read 493 Write 341 Mixed 349 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 25 117% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 79.2 108% 201 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 54793911 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 35988489 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -33019708568794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (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 62 521142297 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18194 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 21474836505 (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 -34059090655889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7482167034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14501090553	81.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 142 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 105%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 311GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 88.6 Write 68.1 Mixed 55.7 86% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	179x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	145x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	88x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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