MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 09:54
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 783 84% 668 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A57) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.88 7% 9.17 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^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 100 100 149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 398 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 55 45 236224708653 (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 100 100 395 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 403 (F2) Unknown 100 100 336 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 115904	98.1% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 496 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 13.9 114% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 62.2 119% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 107%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 120 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38684787147 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 298 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 184685101093 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 167 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.99 4K Mixed 0.73 177% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 106%

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Typical Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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