MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 49.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 280 82% 159 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 727 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 79 Parallax 70.2 64% 76.1 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 62.2 56% 69 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 4701 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 79116 (A5) Unknown 100 100 127 (A6) Unknown 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 365 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 185 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 754232 (F2) Unknown 100 100 897209 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1265856	87.5% Excellent	Read 512 Write 421 Mixed 457 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 22.7 129% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 60.7 51% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 111%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 300GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1661 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 21139 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 70258 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266288824352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 176 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1667 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.2% Above average	Read 89 Write 85.8 Mixed 76 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 124GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176938440 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35834502 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 43 103634632737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61327 (C2) HDA temperature 33 57 51539607585 (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 74479027883684 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26979009011 (F2) Unknown 100 253 129766512704	88.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 155 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 152GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 37.5 Mixed 36.5 48% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,085

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 $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