MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 01:07
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 829 76% 637 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 115 Parallax 93.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 100 Splatting 129 98% 118 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,254 Write 473 Mixed 393 222% 1,040 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 63.1 242% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 1,216 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 590 502% 755 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 400GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 243GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 722 706 718 710 696 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 831 Write 738 Mixed 486 SusWrite 708 155% 691 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 40.5 153% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 412 320% 434 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 143%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W01 14GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 13GB free Firmware: 0300 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 139 141 139 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 844 Write 143 Mixed 242 SusWrite 140 74% 342 MB/s	4K Read 206 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 127 524% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 874 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 247 248% 423 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 243%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 133 124 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 133 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 96%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,048x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	284x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	53x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16