MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 00:26
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 636 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 58.5 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 64.8 48% 58 fps	Gravity 64.3 Splatting 48.2 49% 56.2 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10876 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1917 (B1) Unknown 85 85 176 (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 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 260 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37139791182	52.3% Above average	Read 471 Write 100 Mixed 152 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 2.73 75% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 23 53% 113 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 160 4550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1760 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 222032 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 28 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 128 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 1x4GB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 10.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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