MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 21:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$230 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 269 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 755 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1970 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.6 79% 102 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 99.5 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 325 Mixed 396 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.1 222% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 472 469 480 479 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 470 Mixed 400 SusWrite 457 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.7 208% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 272GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 109 109 108 107 110 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 26 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 105 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 75%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 400GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 88 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 85 Write 90.3 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 87.2 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGPW.ARC0B 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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