MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 90.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 11:53
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$290 164,156 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	SC Int 120 SC Float 110 SC Mixed 116 92% 116 Pts	QC Int 442 QC Float 447 QC Mixed 452 101% 447 Pts	MC Int 722 MC Float 814 MC Mixed 789 116% 775 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$310 231,755 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Lighting 240 Reflection 204 Parallax 189 68% 211 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 217 Splatting 163 76% 177 fps
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$163 42,794 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 111GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 64 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 422927334	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 501 Mixed 503 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 32.9 178% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 32.8 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$220 317 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 31.9 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 32.2 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

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Gaming 127%

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Desktop 125%

UFO

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $224

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	2,327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	173x
Core i5-7600KIntel $202Bench 95%, 55,933 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 155%, 121,501 samples	683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	638x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	501x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 92,427 samples	315x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	248x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 234%, 49,076 samples	232x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $196Bench 84%, 11,395 samples	165x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,017 samples	163x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 91%, 39,599 samples	143x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12