MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 12:13
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 446 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A57) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.91 0% 6.47 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 16 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 132 Parallax 135 119% 138 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 113% 143 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 32GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 83 45 42 41 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 487 Write 426 Mixed 345 SusWrite 109 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 24.6 50% 100 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 99%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 201 191 191 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 341 Mixed 249 SusWrite 198 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.2 188% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 204 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
TEAML5Lite3D1T 1TB 1,722 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 556GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 455 433 429 429 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 465 Mixed 414 SusWrite 436 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.1 206% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 125 158% 280 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 161GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 407 406 414 413 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 413 Mixed 281 SusWrite 409 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.5 134% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 109 122% 203 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 119 117 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 118 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,044x
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	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	212x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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