MSI Z270 Gaming M7 Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. MSI Z270 Gaming M7: Packaging and Bundle3. MSI Z270 Gaming M7: Board Layout and Features4. MSI Z270 Gaming M7: UEFI5. MSI Z270 Gaming M7: Software6. Testing Methodology7. Tests: CPU Related8. Tests: Memory Related9. Tests: Gaming Related10. Overclocking & Power Consumption11. Tests: Motherboard Features Performance12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

7-Zip

7-Zip is an open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. We measure the Total Rating performance using the built-in benchmark tool. The test stresses all CPU cores to 100% and shows an affinity for memory bandwidth.

Cinebench R15

Cinebench is an application which renders a photorealistic 3D scene to benchmark a computer’s rendering performance, on one CPU core, all CPU cores or using the GPU. We run the test using the all core CPU mode.

Handbrake Conversion

Handbrake is a free and open-source video transcoding tool that can be used to convert video files between different codecs, formats and resolutions. We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 6.27GB 4K video using the Normal Profile setting and MP4 container. The test stresses all CPU cores to 100% and shows an affinity for memory bandwidth.

Sandra Processor Arithmetic

SiSoft Sandra 2016 is a multi-function utility program that supports remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers, mobile devices and networks. We run the application’s processor arithmetic test to gauge the CPU performance on each tested motherboard.

CPU performance is relatively consistent across all motherboards and benchmarks since most vendors opt for the same all-core turbo behaviour. That's 4.5 GHz across all 4 cores and 8 threads, and a cache speed of 3.9-4.2GHz depending on the vendor. MSI seems to be using 3.9GHz for its cache speed but this has a minimal impact on performance.

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