MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	62.4% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 03:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 535 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 185 Parallax 185 137% 179 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 167 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 49 46 47 42 39 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 408 Write 98.5 Mixed 109 SusWrite 50 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 18.6 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 48 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 306GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 386 476 490 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 408 SusWrite 440 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.5 230% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 132 Write 109 Mixed 82 SusWrite 106 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.5 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 105%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	459x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,084

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 $40	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