MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75% 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	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 22:45
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 704 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3760 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 86 Parallax 85.7 73% 86.9 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 81.5 80% 100 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBAT128G1002 128GB 3,654 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2317002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 178 182 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 487 Write 166 Mixed 188 SusWrite 180 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 12.7 102% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 81.6 86% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 69%
HP S600 120GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: HC0809C1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 55 53 52 40 52 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 394 Write 258 Mixed 244 SusWrite 56.3 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 17.9 103% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 23.5 36% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 756GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 176 177 178 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 145 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 174 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 249GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 166GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 12.8 Mixed 19 SusWrite 12.9 24% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 139% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x16GB 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $1,085

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 $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