MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 676 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2853 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 201 Parallax 184 143% 187 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 179 180 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 436 Write 169 Mixed 174 SusWrite 177 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 13.4 100% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 77.2 84% 141 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 71%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 51GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 560 204 119 119 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 868 Write 562 Mixed 647 SusWrite 296 132% 593 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 50 181% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 461 364% 502 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 105%

UFO

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