MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 784 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 67.2 68% 76.7 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7858 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5930072738	122% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 406 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.8 199% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 121 149% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10295 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3978 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1339 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206158954518 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1208 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 148 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.63 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.33 186% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10609 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7873 (0A) Spinup retry count 104 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2282 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206158757909 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3951 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 127 Write 158 Mixed 156 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8771 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 11747 (0A) Spinup retry count 106 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2749 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928889369 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6832 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.32 264% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 913GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 487GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 125 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.29 126% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 966GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 97GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 179 Mixed 147 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.23 232% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 883GB 77GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

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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	1,045x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	461x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	285x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16