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 (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	62.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 730 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 8363 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (A5) Unknown 100 100 140731045806078 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 165 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 33 287762808883 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42945398384399 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2612 (EA) Unknown 100 100 188202 (F1) Unknown 253 253 127022 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7053 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.7% Good	Read 510 Write 182 Mixed 345 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 1.26 86% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 7.57 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24373 (C2) HDA temperature 106 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 124 Write 111 Mixed 128 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 173GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93475019 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 25 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 640776765479 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 97 196682 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 45 757071912 (C2) HDA temperature 40 55 47244640296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 18 93475019 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 11501922453478 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2497960202 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3944060828	54.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 85.9 Mixed 89 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2300, 2300, 2300, 2300 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 93%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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