MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.7% 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	195% 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 14:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 777 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 32.5 29% 31.4 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 32.8 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 329 330 330 326 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,650 Write 1,385 Mixed 552 SusWrite 362 219% 987 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.2 205% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 670 589% 885 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 303 303 303 304 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 465 Mixed 400 SusWrite 321 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.2 213% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 377GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 114 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 113 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$171 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 62.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 67.3 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	790x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	218x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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