MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.2% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 22:15
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 857 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 712GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1835023 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 810 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274879152158 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 202 (EA) Unknown 100 100 315 (F1) Unknown 253 253 299 (F2) Unknown 253 253 262 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 236 Mixed 270 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 19.3 125% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 41 93% 196 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9308 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2061 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18116262638	97.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 351 Mixed 351 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 25.4 147% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 59.8 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 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 114 99 81892624 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2155284 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2060 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15032 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131739531865699 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1845219949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2582942289	108% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 167 Mixed 160 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97625672 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 17184065971 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2059 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 481524056092 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16180 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16552803962730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1971659028 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3845497060	86.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 146 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 86%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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