MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	154 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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 796 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 69.1 67% 76.7 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73 Splatting 74.9 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 369 371 371 372 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,031 Write 554 Mixed 395 SusWrite 375 130% 589 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 58.3 196% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 430 366% 539 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 155%
Aireye S2 128GB SSD 39 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free Firmware: O1225J SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 184 178 165 163 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 308 Mixed 304 SusWrite 180 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.4 180% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 186 167% 252 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 139 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 136 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 138 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 902GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 89 83 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 94.2 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 87.7 116% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 26.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

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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	1,045x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	461x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	285x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16