MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 02:09
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 497 62% 474 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 100% 117 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 111 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 805 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524323 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4500	83.2% Excellent	Read 517 Write 340 Mixed 350 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 10.3 106% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 41.9 93% 194 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 570GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151149024 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8872206 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 400 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (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 -122861834465731 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5966189559 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115667699214	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 175 Mixed 142 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 4.95 4K Mixed 0.8 208% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 1168 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4739889370 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 9128116253 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 29 1168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14003 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 95167885383447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48749920 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1612496899	48.4% Average	Read 84.4 Write 84.2 Mixed 81.6 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.73 128% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 109%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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