MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$241 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 765 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 202 Parallax 176 144% 185 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 1,304 Mixed 1,161 320% 1,448 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 35.7 208% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 215 199% 303 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 254%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 280GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1886 (A5) Unknown 100 100 210513625858 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 441 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 49 210454577178 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3582037590850 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5056 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15929 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12511 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16228 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 494 Write 325 Mixed 333 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 18 119% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 51.4 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113040664 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19677673 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1390893621 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 33 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 588972066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 60129542178 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 179 Mixed 172 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1131 (02) Throughput performance 52 52 19752 (03) Spinup time 67 1 10203 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2581 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3541 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1704369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 31 296353595424 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 38 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 18 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 20 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 21 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5821	77.8% Very good	Read 118 Write 153 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,128

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16