MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 22:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 533 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2205 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 74.2 69% 81.3 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 78 Splatting 80.8 66% 79.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 330 331 330 330 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,484 Mixed 620 SusWrite 380 242% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 62.1 254% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 712 658% 1,006 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 150 149 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 74.7 Write 45.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 148 55% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 109%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 42 42 42 22 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 106 Write 28 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 32 64% 55 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 84% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 2x4GB 4,601 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 25.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 27.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

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

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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 $179	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