MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	270% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 18:35
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$247 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 783 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 82.1 66% 82.4 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 67.4 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 654 656 650 640 606 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,409 Write 2,311 Mixed 1,590 SusWrite 688 391% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 79.1 264% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 1,028 DQ Mixed 1,107 832% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 15GB free Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 293 244 237 117 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 482 Write 214 Mixed 110 SusWrite 217 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 21.3 89% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 55.3 45% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 91%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 23GB free Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 367 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.3 181% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 250 208% 300 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 83GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 230 222 221 222 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 452 Mixed 316 SusWrite 258 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.7 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 257 213% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 28.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	117x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $673

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16