MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 98% 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 99.5%, 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	240% 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '21 at 17:11
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 876 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% 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: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 154 113% 147 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 144 Splatting 124 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% 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% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 653 650 650 643 642 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,732 Write 1,625 Mixed 746 SusWrite 684 267% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 66.4 253% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 1,166 DQ Mixed 843 720% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 276 275 273 208 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 332 Mixed 378 SusWrite 258 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 61.2 206% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 237 213% 322 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 1,179 Write 1,906 Mixed 1,334 332% 1473 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 66 234% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,389 DQ Write 1487 DQ Mixed 1,303 1,017% 1,393 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: 452 450 451 452 451 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 448 Mixed 355 SusWrite 451 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 48.8 184% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 97 83 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.9 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 94.3 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 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: 158 161 154 154 150 157 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 140 Write 127 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 156 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 32GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 107 76 101 97 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 71 SusWrite 94.6 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 30GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 103 101 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.6 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 107 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ABA100 1TB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: MU2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 111 88 96 99 92 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 94.6 61% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 120 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69% Good	Read 118 Write 44.9 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 122 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% 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 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 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 $156	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