MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	282% 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	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-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 12:34
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 785 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 137 126% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,851 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,376 396% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 43.1 243% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 31.5 158% 362 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11306 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1715 (B1) Unknown 96 96 38 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 926 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14237109359	96.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 332 Mixed 348 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 25.4 152% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 66.8 105% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125918409 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4503737955 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2993 (B7) Unknown 32 32 68 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 75 85900656748 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 454230043 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 125918409 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 183 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79572859064188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 836183918 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1029021529	46.9% Average	Read 90.5 Write 73 Mixed 83.5 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 103GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 157 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5964 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5953 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 33 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 75.2 Mixed 71.6 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 47GB free Firmware: GM3OA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 100 158 (03) Spinup time 118 100 25791299908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1911 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2146 (C2) HDA temperature 200 115 223339085854 (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	34.7% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 66.6 Mixed 64.7 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 28.4 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 98%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,128

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