MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50% 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)
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 64.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 409 50% 385 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 54.2 50% 59.3 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 61.7 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4010 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (64) Unknown 100 100 13657536 (65) Unknown 100 100 2832192 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 4103 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1320 (B7) Unknown 94 94 66 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 167504773151 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 86 86 14 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25821 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16329 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22898 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6269 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 466 Write 252 Mixed 260 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 12 80% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 29.9 58% 119 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 904GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139592336 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67017022 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101031 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 60129542177 (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 30318174149030 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19920741417 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72426584905	100% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 151 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 6.5 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 95%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,042x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	458x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	314x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	277x

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	151x
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: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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