MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	246% 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

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	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 158 2-Core 301 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 861 87% 705 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.12 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 453GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,491 383% 1,733 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 63.4 270% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 228 257% 446 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 427GB free Firmware: X41310RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2465 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1114122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 461 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 261994250276 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53 (EA) Unknown 100 100 220 (F1) Unknown 253 253 197 (F2) Unknown 253 253 346 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86% Excellent	Read 501 Write 353 Mixed 333 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 21.2 134% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 40.6 56% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,713 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,379 320% 1,439 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 60.8 260% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 174 227% 417 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 283%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 155GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2523 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 603 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21487943721 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 227633266736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835099149 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 138 (EA) Unknown 100 100 370 (F1) Unknown 253 253 235 (F2) Unknown 253 253 257 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 443 Mixed 470 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 2.16 97% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 6.32 67% 154 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 907GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27021 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167504773151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63% Good	Read 140 Write 79.7 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 75%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 1TB-$52 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 718GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 199 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 491 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 179 Mixed 170 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.4 148% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 120%
WD WD3000BLHX-8 300GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 279GB free Firmware: YA31 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 211 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 418 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 35 (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	81.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 0.68 180% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%
Lexar microSD RDR 32GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 30GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 92.7 Write 32 Mixed 38.6 58% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.43 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.86 124% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3224 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

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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 $250Bench 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: $1,137

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