MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% 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	293% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 23:30
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 144 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 794 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 94.9 82% 104 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 103 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 413GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 44 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 53 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 738253839	92.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 271 Mixed 276 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 32.9 147% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 70.5 108% 211 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,927 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,469 414% 1,890 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 51.9 244% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 245 275% 471 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 236%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 175 5316 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6033 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14130 (C2) HDA temperature 125 108 25 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.9% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 114 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 666GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 177 5183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1258 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4936 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.8% Good	Read 131 Write 106 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 94%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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