MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	174% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 520 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.78 7% 9.31 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,887 Write 536 Mixed 719 227% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 37.7 159% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 126 164% 304 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 215%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 59GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 185 4683 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5614 (BE) vendor-specific 60 36 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 86 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 178 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 51.6 Mixed 53.1 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 35%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 27GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5613 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 38 (C2) HDA temperature 112 83 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.6% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 48.3 Mixed 52.5 36% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,073

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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