MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 856 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 52.2 Parallax 174 53% 97 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 132 Splatting 136 101% 121 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 426 457 451 549 452 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 842 Write 539 Mixed 647 SusWrite 482 140% 628 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 54.4 196% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 494 392% 549 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 246%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 313GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 470 350 341 337 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 367 Mixed 360 SusWrite 382 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.6 161% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 342 257% 343 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 29.8 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 32.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 42.3 95% 42.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 89%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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