MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.84% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 12:29
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i3-7320-$42 423 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 237 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 362 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 6.78 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 223GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,087 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,573 358% 1,619 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 48.8 196% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 540 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 184 232% 413 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 195%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 703 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 182	89.6% Excellent	Read 517 Write 456 Mixed 479 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12.3 116% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 12.3 62% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 102%
Spcc M.2 SSD 120GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: O0617A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 50 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7 (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 11630 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 271 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147 (F5) Unknown 100 100 400	89.9% Excellent	Read 526 Write 298 Mixed 382 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 23.6 132% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 22.1 84% 185 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 8GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 96.3 Write 10.1 Mixed 18 36% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.32 67% 4.22 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 102%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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