MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 786 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 127 Parallax 110 104% 121 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 172GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68742152471 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 463 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 73 313533923363 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339321946410 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4795 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5720 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4812 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6244 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 347 Mixed 331 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 20.8 127% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 42.7 96% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4012 (E8) Unknown 100 100 78907976221 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	105% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 390 Mixed 401 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 32.2 156% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 121 147% 258 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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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	460x
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 $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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