MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 02:45
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 427 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 73% 101 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 80.4 68% 83.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786473 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 68 59 176095035424 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 2 2 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1463 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1715 (F2) Unknown 100 100 469 (F4) Unknown 100 100 12 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41 (F6) Unknown 100 100 73452	49.7% Average	Read 268 Write 142 Mixed 281 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 4.84 81% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 1.73 51% 121 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 871GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 143272342 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3209008 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (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 71 60 555155485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 29 19 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 143272342 (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 -115173843009283 (F1) Unknown 100 253 308707619 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1841158098	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 185 Mixed 144 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB 13,006 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 5.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 47%

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Typical H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 909 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
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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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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