MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% 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	243% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 291 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 849 88% 710 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB; XTtreme Gaming CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 161 Parallax 138 120% 149 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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 (86^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 13868 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1201 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 193274642466 (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 14164741325 (F7) Unknown 100 100 446746554 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1786880882	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 465 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.2 148% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 43 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 as expected (52^nd 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 1328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 41 253404053544 (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 441013830 (F7) Unknown 100 100 13820950 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5375662 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1256 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 335 Mixed 338 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 22.8 110% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 37.1 75% 153 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 EVO 250GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 278% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,479 Mixed 1,379 364% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 53.8 203% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 108 101% 148 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 243% 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 (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 96 143939697 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4756195 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (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 69 62 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 479 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48816 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 47244640287 (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 72997264164487 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26722579980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98272970913	84.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 130 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.1% 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)	40.6% Average	Read 91.3 Write 64.7 Mixed 63 89% 73 MB/s	4K Read 9.94 4K Write 3.55 4K Mixed 2.43 240% 5.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 40.6% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 123 Write 48.6 Mixed 66.8 89% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.73 81% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.9% 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 (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 103%

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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 $40Bench 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