MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.3% 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 Drive97.5% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171120
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 138
2-Core 265
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 768
73% 604 Pts
64-Core 766
47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.3% Excellent
Lighting 116
Reflection 124
Parallax 98.7
95% 113 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 132
Splatting 0.04
58% 80.9 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41320RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 65 91 51 88 69 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 455
Mixed 266
SusWrite 85.4
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 48.6
191% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 158
158% 260 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
929GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 189 163 154 184 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 154
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 177
102% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 107%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
71.7% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 20.4
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 23.3
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 61.7
65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) - $146

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $719
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