MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.6% 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	128% 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

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 593 81% 600 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1553 MHz, MLim: 1782 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 80.3 77% 91.1 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 83.8 76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 469 477 409 280 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 486 Mixed 463 SusWrite 396 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62.2 216% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 199GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 442 312 299 288 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 481 Mixed 352 SusWrite 346 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 53.1 192% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 250 212% 312 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 211 212 212 212 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 212 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 356% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 143 145 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 144 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 575GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 187 191 188 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 137 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 185 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 Kingston HP24D4U7S8MBP-8 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) Builds (Compare 1,925 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	337x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	219x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16