MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	276% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	45.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 766 83% 659 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P2000 13,958 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 11B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1721 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 39.2 39% 45.6 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 56.4 43% 52.1 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,802 Write 1,648 Mixed 1,390 359% 1,614 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 61.7 261% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 41.8 171% 382 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 353%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 183GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167505362977 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2809420037 (F7) Unknown 100 100 87835024 (F8) Unknown 100 100 22215280 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 339 Mixed 339 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 14.7 107% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 14.5 65% 146 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54182088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18380708 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 656605221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42665 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 85899345957 (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 84404697317105 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17940890796 (F2) Unknown 100 253 97945762620	98.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 143 Write 97.2 Mixed 75.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 7.31 4K Mixed 0.6 230% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 242199653 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23556225 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 83962315676192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (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 68 56 572391456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7563 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 98784247840 (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 137679471644972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7127725988 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11555575973	62.7% Good	Read 119 Write 99.2 Mixed 90.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 114%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 731GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157342776 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55279793 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 606142499 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44487 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 85899345955 (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 -91860760509668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24744351302 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124802725039	82.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 116 Mixed 145 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 400GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94052040 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45051644 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 622919715 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 90194313251 (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 -80444737443501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53313418227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 173510104050	89.2% Excellent	Read 182 Write 130 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.7 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 31.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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