MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.3% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 26 2-Core 51.3 33% 47.2 Pts	4-Core 97.8 8-Core 93.6 13% 95.7 Pts	64-Core 95.3 6% 95.3 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.7% Below average	Lighting 31 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 88.8 25% 53 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -70652212014628 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 40 64427130914 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1331984 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1331984 (F2) Unknown 100 100 607891 (F9) Unknown 100 100 95032	49.8% Average	Read 428 Write 212 Mixed 279 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 13.2 56% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 32 33% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 91%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 210 100 8458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 853 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 139 11266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 398 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (10) Unknown 1 199 33369257185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 331 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 50 (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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 148 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 0.26 130% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 471GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86511 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 38 (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 200 199 33 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.1 Mixed 93.8 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 20.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 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 $485Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,129

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