MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	212% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	17.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 798 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 173GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13866 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2518 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1199 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274642464 (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 100 100 211 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14156744773 (F7) Unknown 100 100 446490843 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1786868437	103% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 476 Mixed 478 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32.7 146% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 43.2 83% 160 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 160GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 41 253404053548 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 432956701 (F7) Unknown 100 100 13562165 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5360776 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1256 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.5% Very good	Read 485 Write 337 Mixed 337 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 22.9 110% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 38.7 50% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 EVO 250GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 278% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 950 Mixed 1,119 298% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.6 193% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 153 165% 280 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 381%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 522GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 96 129240761 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4752520 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 134 (BC) Unknown 100 98 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 571539482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48792 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 168 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 168 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57565446666618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26720109512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98262658660	80.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 128 Mixed 143 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%
Lexar microSD RDR 64GB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 46GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 90 Write 57.7 Mixed 61.9 84% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.63 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 2.42 261% 5.42 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 41%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 25GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 120 Write 39.7 Mixed 38.5 68% 66 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.63 69% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

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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	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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