MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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 Drive	90.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 22:45
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 226 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 707 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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: 516.59 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 92 Reflection 104 Parallax 93.7 75% 96.6 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 94.6 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 80 50 81 43 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 431 Mixed 220 SusWrite 77.3 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.5 169% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 198 175% 266 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 0GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 50 Write 483 Mixed 113 50% 215 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 58.9 209% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 26GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 31 31 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 71.8 Write 30.8 Mixed 34 SusWrite 30.2 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 87GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 74 65 74 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 64.5 Write 66.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 82.6 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 029E CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 859B BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 029E CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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