MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	291% 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 785 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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: 390.65 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 187 Parallax 175 147% 181 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 172 Splatting 114 108% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 623GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,744 Write 1,396 Mixed 1,449 409% 1,863 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 54.7 240% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 230 255% 435 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7068 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 181 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6676442958	124% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 518 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.8 182% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 172 181% 299 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1787 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 366 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5978287176	120% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 410 Mixed 422 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.8 194% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 130 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7069 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 182 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7238473178	124% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 515 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.8 182% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 168 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103566400 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6550030 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1596 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4849 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 -107374182392029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15247795617 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7011895538	105% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 194 Mixed 155 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.78 217% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 34.4 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 47.8 SC Mixed 33 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x

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 $90Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,098

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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