MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 11:49
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 487 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 110% 140 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 247GB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5496 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (E8) Unknown 100 100 281047 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	38.6% Below average	Read 235 Write 208 Mixed 195 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 6.8 53% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 6.74 12% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 47%
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 83GB free Firmware: 30002377 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (AB) Unknown 100 100 17546576 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 22 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15072 (F9) Unknown 100 100 76723127	86.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 275 Mixed 352 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27.1 126% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 89.5 118% 212 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5185 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 927GB free Firmware: JA0OA590 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 168 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 393216 (BC) Unknown 100 100 30066081792 (BE) vendor-specific 80 58 336986132 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1966110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15548 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	56.2% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 99.4 Mixed 84.8 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 927GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49008470 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 214 (05) Reallocated sector count 50 50 2078 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 100694116 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 39 39 61 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 454623257 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 68719476761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 18 49008470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119520349892286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3719306737 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3752402497	58.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 94 Mixed 93.2 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 380GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12897878215 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 28 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1410 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2841 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2841 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 184684576794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61% Good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 93.8 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 22.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 78%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,043x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	153x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x

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Value: 68% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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