MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive626% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A57
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180630
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 10 '22 at 19:46
Run Duration189 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Memory 93
1-Core 141
2-Core 265
93% 166 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 786
78% 635 Pts
64-Core 786
49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2345 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 172
Parallax 108
94% 132 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 106
Splatting 101
87% 107 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90
597GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 30 30 32 33 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
626% Outstanding
Read 6,942
Write 58.9
Mixed 119
SusWrite 29.6
371% 1,787 MB/s
4K Read 858
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 7.6
1,312% 290 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 626%
Great: 365%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
143GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 29 29 29 26 26 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB
3000, 3000, 3000 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37.5
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 31.4
103% 36.1 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 41.4
SC Mixed 28.7
87% 30.4 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 101%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,467 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,112
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