MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	236% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 10:04
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$249 712,312 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)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 302 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 861 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 112% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 124 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 653 655 650 650 650 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,821 Write 1,579 Mixed 621 SusWrite 688 262% 1,177 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 63.3 231% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1083 DQ Write 1193 DQ Mixed 972 778% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 275 276 276 211 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 443 Mixed 394 SusWrite 258 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 55.3 209% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 228 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 84GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,199 Write 1,917 Mixed 1,320 333% 1,479 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 61.6 236% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,395 DQ Write 1,504 DQ Mixed 1,304 1,021% 1,401 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 101GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 453 453 453 455 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 453 Mixed 358 SusWrite 453 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 49.8 185% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 348 266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 96 83 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 104 Write 92 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 94.4 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 152 154 151 157 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 124 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 156 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 32GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 108 74 101 96 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 93.2 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 30GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 111 109 104 104 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 97 Write 102 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 107 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ABA100 1TB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: MU2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 105 98 83 96 93 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 94.3 62% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 120 123 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 110 Write 43.4 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 122 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 30.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	AOC2775 Q2775

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,067x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	468x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	281x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	157x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $892

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16