MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A62
MotherboardMSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161130
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '20 at 14:57
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Memory 85.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 217
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 482
54% 425 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.5% Very good
Lighting 84.8
Reflection 103
Parallax 82.5
69% 90.1 fps
MRender 92.1
Gravity 81.7
Splatting 93.3
73% 89 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,774
Write 1347
Mixed 473
263% 1,198 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 39.9
180% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 999
DQ Write 949
DQ Mixed 946
718% 965 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
176GB free
Firmware: 1AA01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 72 66 69 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
33.3% Below average
Read 48
Write 52
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 67.5
37% 50.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 33.3%
Great: 62%
WD Elements 107C 3TB
2TB free, PID 107c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 141 139 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 125
Write 129
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 140
165% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.7% Good
MC Read 24.9
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 20.9
68% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 20
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 71.5
56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 908 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $575
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HDDRAMUSB
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