MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	30.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 03:00
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 520 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 119F) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 59.8 59% 67.3 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 68 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 798GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 100 100 347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 125 (A3) Unknown 100 100 74 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32477 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (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 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 47 (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 289482 (F2) Unknown 100 100 249934 (F5) Unknown 100 100 519632	85.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 389 Mixed 434 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 21.1 116% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 21 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 426GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 39 261994053674 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1116617474 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35098185 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2942224 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 339 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 25.9 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 36.2 94% 202 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 156 156 21497971071 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684970017 (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 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 196 Mixed 171 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.21 109% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232436408 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4584138 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3789 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 51539607582 (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 66026532243257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19220579371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42280591917	75.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 146 Mixed 109 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.72 209% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 94%
Patriot Memory 16GB 1,066 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 11GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 145 Write 20.4 Mixed 30.2 59% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 4.09 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 4x8GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,084

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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