MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	270% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 06:43
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 564 75% 561 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 77.8 67% 80.2 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 77.4 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 276GB free Firmware: X41310RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42965139649 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 984 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 65 279174053919 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236224118839 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1975 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3971 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3778 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1659 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 489 Write 325 Mixed 286 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 13.5 117% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 31.6 89% 196 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,763 Write 1,150 Mixed 1,332 383% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 44 227% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 215 240% 409 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28262984 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 592754356594 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2945 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 162330 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 55834574882 (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 128818954126287 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30293698351560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83134968836944	98.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 172 Mixed 153 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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