MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics106% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A62
MotherboardMSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)  (all builds)
Memory1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170406
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 01 '19 at 13:28
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 70%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Memory 86.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 229
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 577
59% 478 Pts
64-Core 623
39% 623 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 150
Parallax 140
113% 143 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 135
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,884
Write 1,391
Mixed 778
298% 1,351 MB/s
4K Read 52.9
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 57.6
234% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,220
DQ Write 1,203
DQ Mixed 802
715% 1,075 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 202 199 201 201 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 156
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 200
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 113%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
32.2% Below average
MC Read 13
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.5
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 5.5
SC Write 6.5
SC Mixed 6.1
17% 6.03 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 909 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $575
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