MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 10:06
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 882 92% 738 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 72.4 67% 78.3 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 74.4 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% 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% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,154 Write 1,314 Mixed 570 294% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 56.4 258% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 1,074 812% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 488 491 496 485 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 496 Mixed 473 SusWrite 467 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 66.1 226% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 101GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 115 114 94 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 102 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.6 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 31 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 96%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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