MSI MS-7A59

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star Z270 Gaming Codex X3 (MS-B913)
Motherboard	MSI MS-7A59 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 799 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

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: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 87% 103 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 92.7 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 503 164 227 235 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 901 Write 561 Mixed 657 SusWrite 301 135% 605 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 55.3 208% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 470 368% 504 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-7A59

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	39x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	17x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	5x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	3x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	19x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	8x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $119Bench 128%, 20,782 samples	7x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	27x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	12x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GBHynixBench 70%, 8 samples	2x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

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