MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 09:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 532 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 211 Parallax 206 159% 204 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 189 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 98 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33243 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10306 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29071 (F2) Unknown 100 100 57968 (F5) Unknown 100 100 531888	101% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 431 Mixed 471 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24.8 141% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 62.5 104% 199 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Apple TS256C 251GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 234GB free Firmware: CJAA0201 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4593 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1155563195375 (AA) Unknown 100 100 253419585618 (AB) Unknown 100 100 268 (AD) Unknown 185 185 4326097101 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 71 43 244813529117 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 196 Write 165 Mixed 196 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 14 80% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 17.4 22% 36 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 50%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 665GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 110 110 17193435347 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2491 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7664 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 227633463322 (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 200 200 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 129 Mixed 155 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 119 Write 85.1 Mixed 70.8 110% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

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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 $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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