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 (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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 20:59
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 571 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1460 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 19% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 4309988718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 77275051597833 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2541 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 207 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55837786142 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4309988718 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4309988718 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4309988718 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10607 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7703 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7703 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7205	65.6% Good	Read 474 Write 134 Mixed 191 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 13.9 112% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 35.2 55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 80%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 130GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5924 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9671 (C2) HDA temperature 106 80 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 79.5 Mixed 81.2 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 69%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 93GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 39.8 Mixed 37.3 50% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 41%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 13GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 126 Write 39.9 Mixed 53.2 78% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.91 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 1.54 161% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 28.7 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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