MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 460 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 2553) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.12.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 33.8 20% 29.6 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 24.5 Splatting 36.6 25% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14003 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3637 (B1) Unknown 97 97 86 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16773638231	101% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 488 Mixed 404 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 25 137% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 69.4 91% 167 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 180 170 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4989 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 153 Write 117 Mixed 74 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.12 30% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 67GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 337 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5020 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 34 (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 49 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.5% Very good	Read 145 Write 100 Mixed 98.6 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B CT8G4DFD824A.M16FB 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 76%

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Gaming 88%

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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 $230Bench 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: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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