MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1882 x 1068 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 748 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 149 Parallax 129 118% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 27605098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -73959336836186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 146 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 42952556573 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 42952556573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27605098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27605098 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27605098 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3232 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3027 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3027 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4178 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1572875	78.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 220 Mixed 291 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.8 122% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 58.4 87% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 658GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 166 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1096 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38348 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 76 Write 75.5 Mixed 77 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: JC45 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 120 99 238872432 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34893878 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521666591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 29 238872432 (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 -118803090370644 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1836241635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2327858110	66.3% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.64 141% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,046x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,096

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16