MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 217 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 549 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 100 Parallax 85.3 76% 93.1 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 91.2 74% 89.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 250GB 250GB 3,095 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 69GB free Firmware: Q0727A SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 418 429 446 449 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 446 Mixed 432 SusWrite 433 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.5 178% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 131 162% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MKAONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 119 123 118 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 114 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 129%

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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 1,464 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16