MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 828 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 101 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC400S37128G 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 17207280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -39092792318846 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2100 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 64 47248834585 (C2) HDA temperature 25 64 47248834585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17207280 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17207280 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17207280 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33102 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14057 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14057 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13547	77.3% Very good	Read 501 Write 156 Mixed 222 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.2 140% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 40.6 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 622GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 12895191226 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2099 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3918 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3918 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 197569216539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	170x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	277x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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