MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 182 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 441 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 177 Parallax 171 127% 168 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 172 Splatting 125 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 200GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,302 Write 1,459 Mixed 1,569 393% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 60.1 248% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 217 227% 377 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 283%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11181424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 121994251077820 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1618 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 68722229282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11181424 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11181424 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11181424 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25985 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22167 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22167 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35398	62.2% Good	Read 196 Write 188 Mixed 147 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.9 121% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 6.28 53% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 658GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100259984 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12914137327 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (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 60 43454824478 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 177376 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (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 -93711891426952 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8628454165 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9806524418	87.5% Excellent	Read 178 Write 126 Mixed 115 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.87 4K Mixed 0.32 165% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 207GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 100 27095560 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 60592 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (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 68 62 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 793 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 94489280544 (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 42945377992900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4911369794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14679990	82.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 114%
Multi Flash Reader 64GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.92% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 18.2 Mixed 17.5 23% 18 MB/s	4K Read 3.32 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.72 64% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.92% Great: 17%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 9.06 Mixed 13.1 18% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.51 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.44 59% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 125%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
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: $1,137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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