MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 22:16
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 567 73% 551 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2351 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 73.8 68% 80.3 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 78.4 65% 79.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 751 746 748 746 669 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,145 Write 1,109 Mixed 962 SusWrite 746 223% 991 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 77 272% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,303 DQ Mixed 1,069 841% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 228%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 111GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 70 59 59 58 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 463 Write 371 Mixed 322 SusWrite 83.1 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 35.4 127% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 177 160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 350 373 375 371 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 350 Write 118 Mixed 282 SusWrite 344 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21.3 123% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 138 134% 207 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 74GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 73 127 142 27 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 433 Write 357 Mixed 223 SusWrite 109 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 13.2 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 41.2 48% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 323GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 164 164 165 166 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 140 Mixed 105 SusWrite 164 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 88%

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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 $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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: $1,093

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