MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 245 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 809 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2116 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 126 110% 135 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 131 135 133 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 307 Write 193 Mixed 203 SusWrite 134 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43 159% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 172 130% 172 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 259GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 466 483 489 494 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 487 Mixed 413 SusWrite 481 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 68.6 236% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 96 98 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.3 Mixed 63 SusWrite 99.6 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 68%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 23 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,137

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 $46

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