MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	240% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	45.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 744 68% 571 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P2000 13,958 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 11B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1721 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 391.33 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Lighting 52.1 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 48.7 42% 52.4 fps	MRender 46.1 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 55.4 42% 50.4 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,707 Write 1,535 Mixed 1,413 346% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 37.8 220% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 54.5 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 40.6 108% 213 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 353%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 146030526496 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8473457 (F7) Unknown 100 100 272303 (F8) Unknown 100 100 49994 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 486 Write 340 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 23.8 114% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 39.8 80% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 95%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 104 Mixed 91.7 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.7 258% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127516152 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18073743 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42647 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 85899345953 (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 -102237401498601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17538900733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91526478097	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 180 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 174649744 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21305730 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -30378303678651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7519 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 98784247838 (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 -4131758535086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7113296834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11014084378	57.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 86.3 Mixed 96.3 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 731GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205236768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55174587 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44468 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 85899345953 (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 48808008368195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24727320790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 123239300408	83.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 124 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 348GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110633224 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44910819 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538509343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33193 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 90194313247 (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 7881264998009 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53006984439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 172416559439	80% Very good	Read 159 Write 120 Mixed 128 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 31.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,045x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x

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	153x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,098

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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