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 (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	216% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1371 304 303 303 303 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,670 Write 1,408 Mixed 507 SusWrite 481 225% 1,017 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 54.6 226% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 1,271 DQ Mixed 855 729% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 298 298 298 298 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 480 Mixed 402 SusWrite 318 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.6 231% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 314 238% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 237GB free Firmware: GG2OA7A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 94.6 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 89.4 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 58%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 1,909 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 14 15 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 40.1 Write 18.3 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 13.4 22% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 2,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 53GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 27 18 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 100 Write 34 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 28.3 60% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 74% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $1,084

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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