MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 15:06
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 306 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 596 77% 583 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 74.3 64% 76.5 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.7 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$114 581 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,041 Write 474 Mixed 580 153% 699 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 57.8 210% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 66 136% 269 MB/s
Poor: 108% Great: 164%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 156GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 105 Write 32.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 60.4 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 57%
WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 817GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 8.9 11 16 12 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 11.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 12 18% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 8% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 27.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	463x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	279x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16