MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i3-7100-$56 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 316 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 84400642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -114563957651789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 46 81607393319 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 81607393319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 84400642 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 84400642 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 84400642 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 51539607553 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2555 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2045 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2045 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2514 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2162705	63.8% Good	Read 514 Write 124 Mixed 139 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 11.6 107% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.1 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 34 49% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 653GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 118 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 639 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 738 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 123 Mixed 127 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.34 121% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 480GB free Firmware: GS001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2104 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1692 (0A) Spinup retry count 124 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 137 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8519810 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 148	46.9% Average	Read 80.7 Write 82.8 Mixed 81 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 173GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 115 115 175 (03) Spinup time 113 113 17193107659 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6511 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7780 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 193274249243 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6567	39.5% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 69 Mixed 66.5 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 50%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 68GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 57 (03) Spinup time 130 128 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1903 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2442 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 127 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	52.5% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 86.1 Mixed 87.3 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x4GB 5,412 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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