MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	284% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	44.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 778 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,794 Mixed 1,770 435% 1,960 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 41.4 233% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 56 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 278 223% 296 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 128 Mixed 83.5 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 7.53 4K Mixed 0.67 261% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189194024 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17490091 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 824573995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42603 (C2) HDA temperature 43 49 85899345963 (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 -11480447568539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16469094257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88491559875	92.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 154 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 20069390 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16299982 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -123544734265202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 740294693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7407 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 98784247845 (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 -41961830479968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7099048866 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9652884296	66.1% Good	Read 128 Write 103 Mixed 93.5 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 711GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62074312 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55065529 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 790888489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44422 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 85899345961 (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 -96254512055919 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24720084502 (F2) Unknown 100 253 122027845383	82.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 117 Mixed 139 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 124GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197472736 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44426788 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 757334056 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33146 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 90194313256 (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 -119623429120057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52528961159 (F2) Unknown 100 253 170954684495	81.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 110 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 31.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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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	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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