MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	284% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	43.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 733 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.7 77% 97.8 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 96.3 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1531 1740 1207 1093 1033 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1885 Write 1,778 Mixed 687 SusWrite 1,294 316% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 66.8 233% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,393 DQ Write 1,216 DQ Mixed 1129 894% 1,246 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 302%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 92GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 188 178 179 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 488 Mixed 405 SusWrite 202 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.9 168% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 206 192% 294 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 98%

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,053x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	156x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	55x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16