MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 10:44
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$229 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 735 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 109 Reflection 117 Parallax 55.4 89% 94 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 44 Splatting 53.5 42% 51.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 278GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4602 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1425 (B1) Unknown 96 96 83 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 179 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50193889203	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 32.8 159% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 124 145% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$139 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,382 Mixed 1,030 323% 1,461 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 37.9 184% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 25.7 111% 251 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 166 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7062 (C2) HDA temperature 129 111 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.5% Very good	Read 91.8 Write 171 Mixed 115 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown W4U2400PS-8G 4x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 82%

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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 $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,068x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	142x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	286x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	218x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	73x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	55x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $962

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