MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	268% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 535 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 75.4 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,685 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,425 391% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 31.4 222% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 196 225% 390 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1754 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 300 (A9) Unknown 100 100 184 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 154 (AE) Unknown 100 100 146 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 210454380577 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1293 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1293 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19141368028 (F2) Unknown 253 253 35608425131 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 435 Write 199 Mixed 284 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 23.1 139% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 45.1 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 61GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38 Write 43.3 Mixed 40.7 53% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 20%
hp v210w 32GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 5607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Read 27.9 Write 7.49 Mixed 7.86 14% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.46 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 4x4GB 1,174 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,452 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	283x
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	57x

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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	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) $35	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