MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	106% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 838 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 118% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 100 100 278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 54 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10457913022 (F7) Unknown 100 100 89852965 (F8) Unknown 100 100 69957393	106% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 399 Mixed 425 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.3 154% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 90.6 125% 229 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Intel SSDSCKKW240H6 240GB 3,142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 48GB free Firmware: LSBG100 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 71 103083868212 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 436568 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 436568 (F2) Unknown 100 100 425361 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6318 (FC) Unknown 100 100 35	104% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 376 Mixed 389 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 43.8 158% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 83.4 112% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -105252468551493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1762 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 46 55837589538 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 55837589538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6400 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5833 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5833 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7606	46.3% Average	Read 170 Write 87.4 Mixed 102 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 14.2 103% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 28 41% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 73%
Maxtor STM3160813AS 160GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 33GB free Firmware: MC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47478023 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 460101985 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6216 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 197571511346 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 977 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 19 47478023 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31306016605936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2786439276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3829173537	44.9% Average	Read 76.2 Write 80.1 Mixed 77.9 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 64GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 17GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 128 Write 9.89 Mixed 17.3 43% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.002 43% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.4 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 97%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

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	153x
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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Total price: $1,085

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