MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 23:27
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 863 95% 748 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2806 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 208 Parallax 197 150% 196 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 178 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 532GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4325428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 969 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 65 279173922840 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60129542158 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 796 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1134 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1016 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6602 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 240 Mixed 246 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 14.6 122% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 45.1 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB-$87 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 87GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9306228 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 573 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 59916 (C2) HDA temperature 71 65 279173988381 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 998 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141734838305 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 969 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1267 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1040 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2982 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 491 Write 231 Mixed 310 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 23 136% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 45.5 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 107%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 20789531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -63496796478385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 290 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 65535 (BE) vendor-specific 27 61 25773801499 (C2) HDA temperature 27 61 25773801499 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20789531 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20789531 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20789531 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8413 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9138 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9138 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17324	54% Above average	Read 191 Write 109 Mixed 143 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 16.6 116% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 43.4 59% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 31 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $195Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16