MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 311 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 877 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3027 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 210 Parallax 186 145% 191 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30101864950 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 64 274878758941 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1284228776448 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3478 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5145 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4566 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4360 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 496 Write 217 Mixed 233 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 11.3 121% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 39.5 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 101%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: MJ6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 168 168 38683148596 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1017 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1017 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 201864314904 (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	81.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 137 Mixed 143 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x16GB 6,240 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 15.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 68 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	10x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	5x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	4x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	4x

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Total price: $669

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 $179	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