MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	148% 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	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 14:11
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 162 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 356 42% 326 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Zotac(19DA 1653) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.09 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 250 Parallax 169 168% 208 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 163 Splatting 130 144% 184 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 737GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900Y13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 447 441 454 458 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 103 Mixed 365 SusWrite 447 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 41.7 150% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 212 178% 255 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 102%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 222GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 966 570 573 574 574 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,765 Mixed 842 SusWrite 811 300% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 68.6 243% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 1,232 DQ Mixed 878 744% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 38,830 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3060 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 25.9 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,055x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	140x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	157x

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 $140Bench 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: $1,126

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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