MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 20:32
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$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 (96^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 494 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 4.69 Parallax 3.19 3% 3.97 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 2.73 Splatting 4.83 3% 4.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 2398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (64) Unknown 100 100 2513136 (65) Unknown 100 100 419024 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1481 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 710 (B7) Unknown 97 97 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 206159347741 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4593 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2429 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3538 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5637 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63% Good	Read 469 Write 192 Mixed 217 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 8.54 83% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 27.2 68% 147 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 761GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 63 193722509 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147649445 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555352097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 15 193722509 (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 135377369205893 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2533087831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3190167158	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 90.5 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.57 122% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

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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	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

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 $184	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