MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	99.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

2 years ago, 23 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '22 at 00:32
Run Duration	345 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% 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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 88% 105 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.5 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$152 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 395GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2105 2118 1097 1057 1046 1043 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 2,355 Mixed 1,593 SusWrite 1411 439% 1,960 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 88.7 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,387 DQ Write 1,111 DQ Mixed 1,204 914% 1,234 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 372%
Pcie SSD 2TB 4,674 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 653GB free Firmware: ECFM12.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1457 928 936 937 936 941 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,315 Write 2,381 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 1,022 351% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 65.7 240% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,416 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1209 906% 1,217 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 309%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$85 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 272 275 275 273 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 468 Mixed 383 SusWrite 306 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.5 158% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 347 258% 343 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 490GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 64 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 63 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 589GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 43 43 43 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 40.4 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 43%
Seagate External Drive 80GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 23 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 36.7 40% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 2x16GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,052x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	55x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16