MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 22:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 428 55% 418 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 883C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 117% 143 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 134 Splatting 117 106% 132 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 0 0 172 114 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 384 Write 336 Mixed 295 SusWrite 65.6 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 5.7 55% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 18.7 33% 66 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 56%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 165GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 852 55 48 54 57 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,299 Write 781 Mixed 745 SusWrite 187 167% 753 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 61.1 200% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 223 254% 421 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 242%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 465GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 138 137 136 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 40.6 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 138 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3150 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.1 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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