MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.72% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	40.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '19 at 17:16
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 771 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A57) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4526 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.69 7% 9.59 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 175 73 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,860 Write 203 Mixed 322 SusWrite 107 133% 623 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 4 88% 20 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 236%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1780 1794 1834 1935 1937 1941 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 126 128 123 132 124 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 127 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 226% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 141%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
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	283x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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