MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 00:06
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 594 78% 588 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 3426) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2726 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 168 Parallax 145 140% 161 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 156 Splatting 121 110% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,467 Write 1,333 Mixed 1,373 380% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 30.6 204% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.5 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 169 114% 134 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB-$76 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 81 36181297 (03) Spinup time 86 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 241509988 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 421003289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 46 151183701 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	18.4% Very poor	Read 30 Write 33.9 Mixed 30.9 24% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.9 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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