MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	319% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 22:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 783 74% 613 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 192 9% 72.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1560 1510 1554 1594 1602 1603 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,600 Write 1,614 Mixed 975 SusWrite 1,571 376% 1,690 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 50.4 229% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,250 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 1,037 809% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 152GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 466 476 482 480 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 366 SusWrite 470 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.5 207% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 334 258% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 166 167 166 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 163 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 165 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 29GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 43 40 41 44 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 141 Write 41 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 39.3 68% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.6 144% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 11,284 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 31.4 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,084

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 $178	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