MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	189% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 05:03
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 254 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 639 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 156 Parallax 93.6 74% 113 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 92.2 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 990 911 815 766 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,289 Write 1073 Mixed 661 SusWrite 810 214% 958 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 54.5 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 717 541% 729 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 237%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 57GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 418 362 415 309 422 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 340 Write 291 Mixed 238 SusWrite 376 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.9 138% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 203 174% 260 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 453GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 448 452 461 435 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 487 Mixed 464 SusWrite 442 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.8 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.9 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 81: 10R 9G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
81%	61%	38	324	258	240	24.5"	1920 1080	DELA103 DELL AW2518HF

History: Score 72: 10R 4G 10B | Score 81: 10R 9G 4B

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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