MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	259% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 782 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 101% 118 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 104 Splatting 88.4 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1064 1341 592 585 596 593 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,728 Mixed 902 SusWrite 795 297% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 73.1 268% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,257 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 934 767% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 222GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 421 457 479 481 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 467 Mixed 370 SusWrite 444 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 40.8 157% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 280 226% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 7.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 135 136 133 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 141 Mixed 77 SusWrite 133 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.3 334% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 49.7 81% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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