MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	244% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 02:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 758 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 443GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 413GB free Firmware: X610 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.1% Very good	Read 529 Write 325 Mixed 302 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 19.5 90% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 40 76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 97%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,286 Mixed 1,442 373% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 41.9 169% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 131 188% 351 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 210%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
Apple HDD HTS547575A9E384 750GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 698GB free Firmware: JE4AD70F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 17171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 19337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 9742 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 4814658339044 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 841884 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 227634249752 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 62 42467712 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 13 13 22449	54.7% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 96.2 Mixed 89.2 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 19GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198097013 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54891040 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2292 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33407 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 53 198097013 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	23.7% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 40.2 Mixed 40.1 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 39%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 28.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 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	1,065x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	141x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	286x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	73x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	55x

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