MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 03:01
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 290 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 740 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 120 Reflection 170 Parallax 109 98% 133 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 0.1 62% 87.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 475 485 490 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 488 Mixed 341 SusWrite 482 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56.6 204% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 259 210% 296 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 120%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 145GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 458 Mixed 409 SusWrite 90.1 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52.4 187% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 241 201% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 91%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 466GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 991 989 989 989 990 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 2,293 Mixed 1775 SusWrite 1,054 402% 1,787 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 82.1 293% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,665 DQ Write 1,402 DQ Mixed 1,500 1,133% 1,522 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 297%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 9.7 79 23 12 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE641 4TB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 159 159 160 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 180 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 160 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 51GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 94 119% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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