MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	277% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 746 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 65.9 60% 71.1 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 59.2 54% 67.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 267GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 24 326418825265 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2414628692 (F7) Unknown 100 100 75494294 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28763315 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8726 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 346 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 28.3 115% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 54.7 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 186GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7489 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2606 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (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 70 47 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 156 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9904863591	83.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 320 Mixed 290 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 14.6 115% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 35.5 83% 175 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,860 Write 1,229 Mixed 1,387 400% 1,825 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 49.3 228% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 187 210% 360 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 236%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 82GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12070 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3993 (B1) Unknown 96 96 114 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 300 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21638238802	81.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 373 Mixed 434 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 23.9 98% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 74 87% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 988GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106276640 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 57 8596156641 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4893 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (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 82875688944300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8913812241 (F2) Unknown 100 253 201826360184	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 136 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.83 224% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 24.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,042x
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) $34	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