MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	265% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13 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 27 '18 at 14:55
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 806 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 51.1 45% 56.3 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 71 56% 67.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.3% 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% 616GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,456 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,412 384% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 48.8 196% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 227 254% 435 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 265% 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 7196 (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 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6790615838	124% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 495 Mixed 517 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49 185% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 170 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1916 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 390 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6246784750	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 51.9 174% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 132 152% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% 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 (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7197 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7352484470	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 488 Mixed 514 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 174 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% 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 above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176633416 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6781745 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1620 (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 72 61 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4882 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 -133552008060988 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15531635494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7037770680	94.1% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 183 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 (69^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 49.8 SC Mixed 32.7 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 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%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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