MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	255% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 23:55
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 663 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%

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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 186 Parallax 190 135% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 177 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1,407 Mixed 1,232 339% 1,530 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 55.2 230% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 553 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 29 144% 330 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11131 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1095 (B1) Unknown 86 86 289 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 464 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 112537299950	113% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.1 195% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 110 101% 147 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 323 (C2) HDA temperature 116 113 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.8% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 168 Mixed 152 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.28 120% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65560784 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3722036 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 622329890 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22304 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 60129542178 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46037754446877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3735208726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14392753146	93.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 153 Mixed 148 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 719GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897157308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3440 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201864249374 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 173 Mixed 163 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 355GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 14173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 186903 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 240518955036 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	40.9% Average	Read 81.2 Write 61.3 Mixed 48.6 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 61GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12056376 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149809152 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2279 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 458760 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 4934205473 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114232 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90026809501862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92431485100696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -54564357470517	91.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 160 Mixed 134 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 21 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 123%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $274	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 $183	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