MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	82.8% 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	113% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 14:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 90.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 262 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 603 80% 600 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 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: 1603 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 83.4 83% 96 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 99.2 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 300 302 333 302 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 489 Mixed 461 SusWrite 300 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.1 194% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 241 209% 311 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 138GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 309 317 307 296 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 408 Mixed 251 SusWrite 298 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 43 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 211 191% 292 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 212 212 212 212 212 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 97.2 Write 67.7 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 210 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 142 142 143 144 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 136 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 141 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 570GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 163 170 171 171 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 158 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 163 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% 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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

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

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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 $163	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