MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	7.87% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	277% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$235 712,312 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 95.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 891 96% 766 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A57) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.46 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7 Splatting 16.8 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,202 Write 1,856 Mixed 1,603 420% 1,887 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 43.6 235% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 55.3 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 41.7 59% 103 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 353%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2267 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 154620067869 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 175 Mixed 164 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,053x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	55x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,122

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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