MSI H270 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 (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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 01:52
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	31%

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 i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 494 67% 497 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10800 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2481 (B1) Unknown 87 87 151 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29567994717	60.6% Good	Read 496 Write 129 Mixed 101 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 8.97 107% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 8.85 24% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 763GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 98673442 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1446254 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 521273371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 27 16 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 98673442 (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 -57548266798841 (F1) Unknown 100 253 708022054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 912391962	90.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 153 Mixed 142 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 227GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 48 238361044 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78186015 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5653 (C2) HDA temperature 33 57 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 47 238361044 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.1% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 64 Mixed 62.8 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

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 $179	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