MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	86.4% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 05:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 706 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 193 Parallax 175 148% 183 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 173 175 167 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 302 Write 237 Mixed 253 SusWrite 173 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.9 174% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 141 131% 202 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 439 469 483 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 479 Mixed 455 SusWrite 467 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63.8 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 199 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 185 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 196 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 20 20 20 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 126 Write 17.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 20.3 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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