MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	305% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 22:57
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$242 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 802 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2125 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 94 63% 82.5 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 62.2 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 954 1057 1160 1142 1169 1157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,184 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,060 SusWrite 1,106 308% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 99.7 342% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 1123 DQ Mixed 652 583% 868 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 303GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 481 484 483 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 460 Mixed 355 SusWrite 483 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.3 225% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 335 259% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 151 154 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 153 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 587GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 200 201 202 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 151 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 200 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 127GB free Firmware: ES2OA70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 52.4 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 55.7 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.M8FADG 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.M8FADG 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 98%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 2,162 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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: $1,085

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 $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) $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