MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '22 at 08:58
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 222 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 435 52% 403 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 124 Parallax 143 113% 135 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 950 554 656 774 948 1040 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,645 Write 1,352 Mixed 828 SusWrite 820 259% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 43.4 148% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 471 348% 465 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 75 103 87 132 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 107 Write 98 Mixed 54 SusWrite 105 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 90%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 28GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 112 117 98 117 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 115 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 108%
USB3.0 Super Speed 120GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 111GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 128 125 143 142 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 232 Write 222 Mixed 202 SusWrite 143 266% 200 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 21.5 1,588% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 30 2,436% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 155%
USB3.0 Super Speed 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 45GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.7 10 20 9.2 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	4.66% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 9.3 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 13.3 13% 9.57 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.66% Great: 155%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 94%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 1,465 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,051x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	285x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	54x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16