MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A57
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)  (all builds)
Memory56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170331
Uptime7.8 Days
Run DateNov 30 '18 at 15:43
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 86.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 244
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 696
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 746
46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 180
Parallax 153
145% 170 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 185
Splatting 128
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 129%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3G37R5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 235 156 72 105 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 482
Write 392
Mixed 321
SusWrite 177
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 74.5
4K Mixed 31.3
125% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 103
113% 186 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.2% Very good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 22.7
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 20
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 138%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,137
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