MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.1% 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	83.6% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 555 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 125 Parallax 118 100% 122 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5592 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 805 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852009 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6576	83.6% Excellent	Read 518 Write 350 Mixed 354 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 10.3 105% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 46.3 96% 197 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 438GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169039192 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11731132 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 555024414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 457 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (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 136773233546666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8310804053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134066045109	69.7% Good	Read 102 Write 140 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 4.95 4K Mixed 0.46 163% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 2424 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4741268451 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 9128116253 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 29 2424 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14003 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92552250220923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1840117891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2899211834	58.9% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 108 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.59 107% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 35.1 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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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	1,043x
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

Total price: $1,128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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