MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	150% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 13:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 697 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 222 Parallax 229 164% 218 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 218 Splatting 134 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 366 275 249 277 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 467 Mixed 322 SusWrite 295 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.2 181% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 190 182% 287 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 342GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 79 77 78 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 79.8 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 560GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 102 104 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 102 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 125%

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

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

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

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 $182	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) $30	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