MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	268% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	399 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 284 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 785 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 153 Parallax 140 113% 144 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 136 Splatting 113 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,306 Write 1,867 Mixed 1,799 443% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 75.7 269% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 220 233% 388 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 354%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 811GB free Firmware: M0CR060 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 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 59 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1803 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 649 (C2) HDA temperature 60 27 313533726760 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 59 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28002095832 (F7) Unknown 100 100 875283177 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1440833136 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8727 (D2) Unknown 100 100 146
Poor: 68% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 811GB free Firmware: M0CR060 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 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1779 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1332 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 27 313533726761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28221506336 (F7) Unknown 100 100 882155761 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1281338382 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8747 (D2) Unknown 100 100 72
Poor: 68% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 456GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,670 Write 1,899 Mixed 1,904 478% 2,158 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 72 262% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 227 240% 398 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 308GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1815 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1780 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1180 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53697885072	114% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 412 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 49.9 185% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 125 132% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 221GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,686 Write 1,882 Mixed 1,888 477% 2,152 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 72.6 267% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 56.2 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 227 178% 233 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,194 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,497 373% 1,687 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 67.5 250% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 214 224% 371 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 159GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,368 Write 1,894 Mixed 1,872 455% 2,044 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 71.9 263% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 551 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 228 240% 400 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 353%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 39.8 Mixed 33.8 29% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 4.56 4K Mixed 0.58 321% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 35.7 Mixed 38.9 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.61 186% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 083C 2TB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 083c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 83.5 Write 20.1 Mixed 44.7 53% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.18 18% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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: $1,137

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