MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13% 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.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 729 68% 569 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1970 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13% Very poor	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 16.7 8% 16 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 31.7 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 431 Write 420 Mixed 346 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 50.8 169% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 421 425 385 386 370 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 419 Mixed 327 SusWrite 398 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 51.3 171% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 272GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 111 116 116 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 22.3 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 111 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 400GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 91 90 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 88.5 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGPW.ARC0B 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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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 $295	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