MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 752 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 75.7 52% 66.8 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 75.7 53% 62.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 684GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 1324 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (A2) Unknown 100 100 571 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 305 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1287	83.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 348 Mixed 341 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 10.6 102% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 49.4 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 61 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 498 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 836636 (A5) Unknown 100 100 220 (A6) Unknown 100 100 169 (A7) Unknown 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 332 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 147405 (F2) Unknown 100 100 162292 (F5) Unknown 100 100 549676	49.4% Average	Read 491 Write 95.4 Mixed 158 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 3.58 73% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 19 33% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 542GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129468048 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11188042 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (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 69 55 99306111007 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26736 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (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 27127013443122 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7203561311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9528403715	82% Excellent	Read 136 Write 151 Mixed 157 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 464GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 360 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1102 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) - $146

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	351x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16