MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.8% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 02:50
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 400 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.9 54% 65.4 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13837 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8168 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (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 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33810190331
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 49GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 665528 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38289980 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 9263251494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 134165 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25756918889753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49033763914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105043637667	49.8% Average	Read 92.4 Write 81.3 Mixed 119 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 32GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7678 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53429 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4115 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 7051153 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 17 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BE) vendor-specific 62 41 38 (C2) HDA temperature 124 61 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7051153 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 10	32.7% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 54.1 Mixed 40 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 44%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 956040 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 35 (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	50.8% Above average	Read 71.8 Write 105 Mixed 63.1 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139315560 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15136577 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 572325921 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 342652 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125567663858263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53168390560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 288575412378	49.4% Average	Read 89.7 Write 82.3 Mixed 66.5 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.14 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB 5,712 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 48%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $241Bench 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

Total price: $1,084

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