MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	83.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 158 2-Core 302 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 859 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 205 Parallax 181 156% 192 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 22GB free Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,097 Mixed 1,395 329% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 39.1 174% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 149 152% 231 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 204%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25125 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 236 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 40 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48437299693	83.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 351 Mixed 351 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 6.32 108% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 5.26 77% 187 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 117495266 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4299357616 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 18829136633076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (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 75 67 537788441 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1825 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6171 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (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 -65476776426457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4264965239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1533396478	97% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 164 Mixed 135 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 898GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140048792 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36947253 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (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 69 64 554696735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23006 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (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 69767448761455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22156612532 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65515559032	69.8% Good	Read 113 Write 129 Mixed 90.8 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.4 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $1,129

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