MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 23:03
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 284 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 782 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 118 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$235 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 467 467 477 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 436 SusWrite 472 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.3 212% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 72 78 76 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 94.8 Write 82.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 66.6 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 88 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 210 Write 160 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 89.2 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 83%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,073x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	469x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	281x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	157x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369