MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 780 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 97 92% 108 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,866 Write 1,118 Mixed 1,138 303% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 27.2 192% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 60.4 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 220 180% 243 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 119GB free Firmware: D110225a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 171800592417 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 13893632 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10624776701	31.8% Below average	Read 233 Write 115 Mixed 100 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 8.86 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 8.16 48% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 55.8 DQ Mixed 7.01 13% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 37%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 46GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12309 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1297 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262164 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 67 64 154619805729 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2255 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2147 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19933 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 20 (F6) Unknown 100 100 582592	90.6% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 496 Mixed 508 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 13.4 126% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 12.9 29% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 110%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 470GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13570 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29.8% Poor	Read 6.61 Write 96.9 Mixed 13.4 28% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 25 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	117x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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