MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 825 88% 705 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 65.1 63% 72.4 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 70.6 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 119GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,535 Write 433 Mixed 510 179% 826 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 20.6 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 31.4 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 144%
Kingdian S280-120GB 120GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0901A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 1000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 120 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 37315 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 21 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 149747 (F2) Unknown 100 100 85456 (F5) Unknown 100 100 74630	115% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 350 Mixed 408 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.1 198% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 74.6 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 888GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2779 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 168 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.35 136% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 198GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12621 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.2% Good	Read 113 Write 125 Mixed 154 99% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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: $1,084

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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