MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 142 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 767 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 302 302 307 306 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 390 SusWrite 323 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 66.6 232% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 350 260% 343 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 82GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 491 491 491 490 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 474 Mixed 424 SusWrite 489 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 70.2 240% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 361 265% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 84.5 Write 81 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 87.6 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 43GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 70 68 68 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 57.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 69.2 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 69%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 71GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 57 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 56 Write 57 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 57.5 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-029.A00G 2x8GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	36x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	9x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	11x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	8x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $815

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