MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). 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 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 10:54
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 418 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 105% 132 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 396GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 334 307 307 305 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 465 Mixed 408 SusWrite 318 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 32.2 126% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 335 258% 352 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 136 129 144 136 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 166 Mixed 78 SusWrite 132 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 107%

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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 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $784

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16