MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	287% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 08:22
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 776 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.94 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 59.1 48% 62.4 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 57.6 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,736 Write 1,836 Mixed 2,115 494% 2,229 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 30.2 177% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 282 227% 301 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 332%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 140GB free Firmware: PSF Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 536 Mixed 773 199% 909 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 44 186% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 55.5 133% 269 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 157%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 107GB free Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 49 94492491818 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6100 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12800 (F9) Unknown 100 100 182 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 447 Mixed 484 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.9 162% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 75.5 80% 124 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 91GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 558 Mixed 784 199% 909 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 45 190% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 88.1 128% 223 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 157%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3418854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -41987600280873 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1221 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 125 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 42953408550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3418854 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3418854 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3418854 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4766 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4417 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4417 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4411	57.7% Above average	Read 257 Write 120 Mixed 160 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 11.8 119% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 35.3 57% 109 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 80%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 67GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4793738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -66743791761775 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2345 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 486 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 30068637724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4793738 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4793738 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4793738 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10616 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10719 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10719 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12330	83.8% Excellent	Read 506 Write 264 Mixed 318 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 18.7 129% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 54.1 89% 172 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 125%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
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	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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