MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.5% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 877 90% 728 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 75.2 65% 77.7 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 70 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,135 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,142 322% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 38.4 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 203 230% 395 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 37338803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -129321465269653 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 60132360220 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 60132360220 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 37338803 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 37338803 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 37338803 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16479 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7732 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7732 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7965	78.6% Very good	Read 484 Write 181 Mixed 220 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23 133% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 57.5 84% 157 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%
Maxtor STM3500323AS 500GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: MX1B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 92 86677838 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 534591290 (09) Power-on hours count 98 80 2602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4558 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1434 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770262594 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1146 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572522530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 86677838 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 103 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.57 128% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 13.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 90%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,073x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	470x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	281x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	157x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $878

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