MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 12:11
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 692 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 66.1 66% 77.1 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 78 63% 77.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,770 Write 513 Mixed 986 238% 1,090 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 36.8 188% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 20.6 75% 153 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 235%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 928GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104021824 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2910643 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 56 54 774373420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4275 (C2) HDA temperature 44 46 85899345964 (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 13507672146592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14214396650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32894458563	69.1% Good	Read 96.8 Write 143 Mixed 126 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.77 215% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 58GB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 123 123 51580437116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2699 (C0) Power-off retract count 72 72 33874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 33874 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 236224380969 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 87.7 Mixed 85.5 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 127 127 42982965717 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4378 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11143 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 261994315814 (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 200 200 241	49.6% Average	Read 85.4 Write 87.3 Mixed 61.4 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 46%

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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 $273	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 $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