MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	271% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 15:32
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 248 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 660 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 107 Parallax 84.3 85% 98.7 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,997 Write 1,632 Mixed 1,452 376% 1,694 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 64.3 234% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 36.5 136% 297 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 42035437 (03) Spinup time 84 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19196836 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 97014721282584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 605487131 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2359 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 2 42035437 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137799730724673 (F1) Unknown 100 253 817915522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3866311130
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 382GB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 62.1 Write 64.7 Mixed 49.8 75% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 245GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 69.7 Mixed 52.7 81% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 42%
NS-DCR30A2 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 118GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 53.4 Write 14.7 Mixed 32 37% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.02 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.14 35% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 114%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,104

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16