MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	206% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '24 at 20:12
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$247 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 741 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2127 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 8.7 Parallax 7.8 6% 7.83 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 9.2 Splatting 0.3 5% 7.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$200 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 1047 961 926 998 1028 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,300 Write 1,097 Mixed 672 SusWrite 1001 228% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 54.1 180% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 658 538% 775 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 237%
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3512GNTD 512GB 7,333 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 477GB free Firmware: EDFMB0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1578 1033 316 317 316 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,296 Write 1,706 Mixed 1,318 SusWrite 646 280% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.5 221% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,101 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 978 696% 900 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 239%
Seagate ST2000NE0025-2FL101 2TB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 187 184 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 169 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 185 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 261% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0B65 S24D390

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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 $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,067x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	468x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	281x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	157x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $886

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16