MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 06:57
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 284 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 838 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2715 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 162 Parallax 140 122% 150 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 145 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 221 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 64 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1291797979	117% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 48.9 184% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 121 148% 264 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 914GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15178 (03) Spinup time 114 107 7258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 628964 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 12	52.9% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 91.9 Mixed 88.2 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 687GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 816 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2222 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13643687302 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15390843577	94.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 162 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.25 122% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 32 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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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