MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.3% 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	323% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 884 95% 754 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 125 Parallax 100 100% 116 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 111 Splatting 107 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,790 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,959 483% 2,184 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 70.5 252% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 234 253% 428 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 870GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187446560 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4304952850 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4579 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 471072795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1481 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 632044 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (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 -102666898235031 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8346874393 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8648690499	83.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 125 Mixed 120 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 4.21 4K Mixed 0.31 133% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3736 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 32 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 36.6 104% 36.6 GB/s	Latency 42.6 94% 42.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 122%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

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 $45	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