MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 09:16
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 490 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39.4 36% 42.6 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 157GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 113 100 2417 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2004 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2055 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2032 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 231928234014 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 67 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 415388 (F1) Unknown 253 253 206673 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13482	85.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 423 Mixed 457 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 5.41 107% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 30.9 84% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4327014824 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 281 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 69 296353988645 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1189723635989 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2143 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3089 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2642 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7276 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68% Good	Read 484 Write 253 Mixed 251 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 19.3 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 11 45% 97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB 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 145 140 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8372 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 560901 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 26 (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	68.6% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 463GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105359585 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 34 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 526129056 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 504889369 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 21474836505 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 39 105359585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.47 107% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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