MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 15:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$242 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 778 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 63.3 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 72.9 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 18968 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3999 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 194 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3257 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 231929479205 (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 44 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 71229349810 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2744534668 (F8) Unknown 100 100 764119304	104% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 475 Mixed 468 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 30.3 147% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 38.1 85% 168 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 178 178 21497446701 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1207 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1228 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684904486 (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	83% Excellent	Read 150 Write 139 Mixed 143 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.17 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 917GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28407543 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4428918741 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9914 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885360699 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 589234210 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 28407543 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16681653036592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1883080507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3440009742	66.4% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 98.7 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.51 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 75GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 87363 (03) Spinup time 156 154 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14641 (C0) Power-off retract count 186 186 10672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18030 (C2) HDA temperature 105 88 38 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 119048 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 69.6 Mixed 72.6 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.36 102% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 113%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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	283x
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	57x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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