MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	91.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 13:14
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 785 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 98.5 93% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 97GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3120 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1067 (B1) Unknown 90 90 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12190522044	87.3% Excellent	Read 494 Write 271 Mixed 280 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 29.9 134% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 70 98% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 142 Mixed 249 90% 419 MB/s	4K Read 187 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 110 472% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 246 211% 322 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 245%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7793 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2453 (B1) Unknown 89 89 123 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 712 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26849657706	91.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 348 Mixed 339 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 22.8 133% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 66.9 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
WD WD1600BEVT-22ZCT0 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 165 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2735 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.66 159% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 564GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76891016 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57812558 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1162 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 64424509465 (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 88454851462475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28786320523 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111447351726	66.2% Good	Read 139 Write 91.8 Mixed 95.2 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.19 50% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 27.1 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 29.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,103

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16