MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 00:48
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 518 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.5 84% 103 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 78 72% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4596 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 90 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2687043 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1883 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 59 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8158	81.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 334 Mixed 346 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 9.72 101% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 9.56 78% 184 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14262928 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39408411 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50654 (C2) HDA temperature 24 51 64424509464 (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 116183160330672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28675054545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 221744703434	76.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 124 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30 11,890 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

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