MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 765 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 52.1 34% 44.3 fps	MRender 52.9 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 36 36% 45.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 86 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21492793610 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1331 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2049 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236224249890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 148 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 137376 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 39200769790 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3999 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 1376 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4000 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 14 137376 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139607911940645 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1865883484 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1650293384	59.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 99.7 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBR 2x8GB 423 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 99%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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