MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	117% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 23:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 289 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 817 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 817 50% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2075 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 87% 108 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 677 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 286 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3709732077	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 52.3 190% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 129 143% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 148 100 148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1584 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 206 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 219043332129 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3194 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2979 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4256	85.8% Excellent	Read 520 Write 365 Mixed 421 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 4.39 112% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 27.3 89% 191 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 235881666 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15993508 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 30910879630471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3142 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 68719476767 (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 76420353098638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7454709273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3885495823	86.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 153 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 174 Mixed 153 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.31 128% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $485Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,137

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