MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 12:27
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 493 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 114% 142 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 247GB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (E8) Unknown 100 100 281190 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	41.3% Average	Read 233 Write 239 Mixed 182 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 6.85 52% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 65.8 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 8.07 18% 39 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 47%
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 83GB free Firmware: 30002377 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (AB) Unknown 100 100 17546576 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 22 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15077 (F9) Unknown 100 100 77141240	82.4% Excellent	Read 502 Write 277 Mixed 356 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 17.1 114% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 89.5 119% 216 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5194 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 24 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 137 Mixed 124 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 927GB free Firmware: JA0OA590 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 168 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (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 96 96 2009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 393216 (BC) Unknown 100 100 30066081792 (BE) vendor-specific 81 58 320208915 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1966110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15557 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.7% Above average	Read 96 Write 98 Mixed 95.5 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 927GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53304281 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 214 (05) Reallocated sector count 50 50 2081 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 100700101 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 39 39 61 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 454557720 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 68719476760 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 18 53304281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 95056216215875 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3723974294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3781366073	64.7% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 115 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 380GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12897878215 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 28 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1410 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2841 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2841 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 184684576793 (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	60.5% Good	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 78%

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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	1,046x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	461x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	285x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16