MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	359% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 13:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 699 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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: 451.48 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 140 125% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 794 1511 2018 2082 2053 2045 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,586 Write 1,741 Mixed 1,195 SusWrite 1,750 406% 1,818 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 84.2 293% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,406 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 1,266 958% 1,290 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 393%
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 112GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 114 118 84 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 460 Write 369 Mixed 364 SusWrite 118 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 12.8 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 35 81% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 73%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 179 179 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 164 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 178 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 349% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 1,132 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

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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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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