MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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.
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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 15:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 816 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 134 116% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2010 Write 1,748 Mixed 858 340% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 72.3 243% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,313 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 92.6 360% 805 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 68GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 409 408 414 414 414 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 410 Write 409 Mixed 386 SusWrite 405 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.3 95% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 181 126% 154 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 42GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 96 95 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 65.2 Write 112 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 92.4 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 164% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 66%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB 2,286 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 473GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 36.2 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 42.5 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 96%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,084

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 $40	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