MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	116% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 20:01
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 413 53% 403 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 119 105% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 250 250 254 252 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 477 Mixed 371 SusWrite 264 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.4 205% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 288GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 88.2 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 92.3 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 74%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 99GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 172 175 175 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 174 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%
WD 6400AAK External 640GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 57GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 39 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 41.8 53% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

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