MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 17:58
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 194 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 569 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 72.4 64% 77.3 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 65 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 638GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 169 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 825 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42983 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 44 (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	66.2% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 104 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.18 102% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 171GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 141 137 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 54 54 46082 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2746 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45397 (C2) HDA temperature 98 83 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 36 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 180 131 4025	56.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 101 Mixed 86.6 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 148GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 150 5175 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 594 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13829 (C2) HDA temperature 100 88 47 (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 63 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 76.9 Write 77.6 Mixed 75.5 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 403 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 316689 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 41 (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	40.5% Average	Read 87.5 Write 53.6 Mixed 76.1 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 47%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

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