MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 12:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 776 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 97% 117 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M7VC 256GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 3558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1323 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 103390 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1200 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19385 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13241 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21734	76.6% Very good	Read 516 Write 350 Mixed 356 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 17.5 112% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 18.6 23% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241234992 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89072844 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1302 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572129314 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 473 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4183 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 42949672994 (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 13202729473138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83890916112 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8174512455	79.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.13 47% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63770072 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22918891 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 57 57 43 (BE) vendor-specific 70 40 69224497182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1297 (C2) HDA temperature 30 60 42949672990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 176 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 165 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3297 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 34 (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	74% Very good	Read 138 Write 120 Mixed 127 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.8 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 31.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 103%

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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	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: $1,084

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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