MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.5% 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	97% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 12:18
Run Duration	411 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 466 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4982 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.48 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 15.1 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 17.9 16% 17.3 fps	MRender 16.3 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 19.8 15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH R3 120GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0607A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 115 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10764 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32778 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34284 (F5) Unknown 100 100 21528	97% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 460 Mixed 494 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.9 150% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29 36% 61 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%
Kingston SUV400S37120G 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148298128 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77644973 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1912 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 58 35 27256569790506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17331 (C2) HDA temperature 42 65 42949673002 (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 -100094212830970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32045587715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 540004777680	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 181 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 604GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 97.2 Write 87.1 Mixed 81.1 112% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 45%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 3.28 Mixed 5.75 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.91 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 1.48 136% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 94%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16