MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	May 29 '19 at 02:48
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 589 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 94 89% 106 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 111 Splatting 93.3 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 156 157 157 157 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 396 Write 392 Mixed 343 SusWrite 184 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 40 135% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 403 Write 391 Mixed 355 SusWrite 185 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 38.7 131% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 115%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 254 240 258 304 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 363 Write 297 Mixed 190 SusWrite 269 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 30.1 112% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 176 174% 279 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 123%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 543GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 145 145 144 145 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 144 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2067 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	117x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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