MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.8% 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)
Boot Drive	286% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M7 (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	44.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 01:27
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 783 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P2000 13,958 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 11B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1721 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.8% Average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 39.2 39% 45.6 fps	MRender 50.8 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 56.7 43% 52.4 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 1,884 Mixed 1,905 454% 2,039 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 43.3 242% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 43.8 64% 112 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 353%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 61 167505362978 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2897501397 (F7) Unknown 100 100 90594160 (F8) Unknown 100 100 23176849 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 486 Write 323 Mixed 324 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 14.6 105% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 40.2 54% 91.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 95%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7.5TB free Firmware: SC61 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 68 66 6473582 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 53677 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 120259084321 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 8 6473582 (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 81832011890688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3676422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2797160
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172580000 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19309050 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42686 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 85899345953 (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 36000415891459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19351652156 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103549831261	97.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 159 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 83574938 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 24254810 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33779917790002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7597 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 98784247838 (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 22484153799230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7130004076 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11638829524	60.9% Good	Read 120 Write 92 Mixed 83.9 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 114%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86997608 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55296576 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44510 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 85899345952 (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 -54735063202770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24746667694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124957492893	83.8% Excellent	Read 173 Write 120 Mixed 143 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 841GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215515920 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45822159 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 929 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34098 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 90194313248 (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 80311593478755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53828668173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 174272405221	52.5% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 90.4 Mixed 91.5 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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	1,045x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	138x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x

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	153x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
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: $1,098

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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