MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	250% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 15 days ago, 13 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 01:06
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$379 502,549 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 100% 176 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 771 80% 629 Pts	64-Core 759 51% 759 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 606,069 User benchmarks, average bench 136% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 242 Parallax 156 126% 185 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 139% 146 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 150%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$82 133,530 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 589 580 561 546 525 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,098 Write 1,630 Mixed 666 SusWrite 601 277% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 68.3 249% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,217 DQ Write 1,155 DQ Mixed 837 724% 1,070 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 256%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 2,294,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 549GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 148 150 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 151 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 25,429 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 27.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 32.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 502,549 samples	1,218x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 158,308 samples	655x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 81%, 202,343 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 788,376 samples	392x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,090,662 samples	372x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,087,008 samples	351x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 762,576 samples	201x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 620,644 samples	142x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $64Bench 106%, 530,736 samples	87x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 424,286 samples	108x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $79Bench 71%, 77,446 samples	71x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,202

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $285	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16