MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
Processor	With 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 237 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 374 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2067 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 63.5 61% 70.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 72.8 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 80GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (64) Unknown 100 100 1128128 (65) Unknown 100 100 302272 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 332 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1395 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 176095166494 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2072 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1520 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1866 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3044 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64.8% Good	Read 462 Write 258 Mixed 255 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 12 92% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 26.6 41% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17019337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -79405355363334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 266 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 49 81607589919 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 81607589919 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17019337 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17019337 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17019337 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 84 84 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27107 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4183 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4183 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5965 (F4) Unknown 95 95 10748068	41.3% Average	Read 411 Write 104 Mixed 166 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 11.7 56% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 18.6 20% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 75%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 885GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 35 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1253 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1574 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.8% Good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 389GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73415559 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 118960870 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 706150435 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 17 73415559 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135875585347277 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2754978834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1333202481	62.1% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.61 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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