MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	268% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 11:47
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	NCL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 637 70% 552 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 202 Parallax 179 152% 189 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 785GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1455 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6815812 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1107 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 236224774180 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81605296147 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1227 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1411 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1362 (F2) Unknown 253 253 292 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 312 Mixed 334 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 22 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 44.4 98% 206 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,830 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,377 393% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 42.2 214% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 177 200% 348 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 382GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 955 (03) Spinup time 184 163 1800 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9657 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 104241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48695 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.3% Average	Read 75.9 Write 71.5 Mixed 68.6 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 234GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 5125 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3078 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2941 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3078 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (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	43.3% Average	Read 78.4 Write 72.2 Mixed 74 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 190GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 350 (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 1797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 350 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 180390133799 (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	97.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 165 Mixed 190 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 95%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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