MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	90% 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	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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170302
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 165 2-Core 309 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 768 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 214 Parallax 186 147% 193 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 183 Splatting 136 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7093 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5757827155	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 50.8 200% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 123 128% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34399257111 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274878758942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1322884399630 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3714 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5482 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4882 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4696 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 336 Mixed 295 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 17.7 129% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 15 82% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90% 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 as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 136 136 38685966774 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 749 (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 1010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1050 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1050 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864314911 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 148 Mixed 156 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.25 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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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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Value: 69% - Good

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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