MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 315 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 882 92% 736 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 119 68% 87.5 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 75.9 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 592 (B1) Unknown 99 1 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10401406280	123% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 500 Mixed 507 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.5 182% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 165 174% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 172 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 132 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 649 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 223GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 169 1033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17366 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 82.1 Mixed 75.9 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 28.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

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 $242Bench 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 $485Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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