MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% 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 Drive218% 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.
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
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SystemMSI MS-7A62
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161130
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 12 '21 at 12:39
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 90.5
1-Core 137
2-Core 280
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 643
73% 572 Pts
64-Core 774
48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 152
Parallax 155
112% 148 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 145
Splatting 128
107% 130 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 646 647 615 576 481 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 1,711
Write 1,603
Mixed 749
SusWrite 610
260% 1,168 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 57.8
213% 78.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,158
DQ Write 943
DQ Mixed 839
686% 980 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 218%
Great: 254%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB
28GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 398 402 384 384 383 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
76.2% Very good
Read 387
Write 386
Mixed 363
SusWrite 382
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 29.3
95% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 86.5
88% 144 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion 1TB
113GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 84 87 89 89 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
36.3% Below average
Read 40.3
Write 106
Mixed 90
SusWrite 85.2
60% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.6
184% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 36.3%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
73.8% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 21.8
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 2,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $912
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