MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '19 at 07:03
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 762 68% 576 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 638 561 487 423 383 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,766 Mixed 865 SusWrite 547 290% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 62.6 260% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,035 DQ Write 1,250 DQ Mixed 890 741% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 254%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 198GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 223 268 280 275 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 383 SusWrite 299 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43.1 165% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 195 187% 293 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free Firmware: R0522A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 512 Write 461 Mixed 421 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 31.5 151% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 1.1 76% 181 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 102%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 269GB free Firmware: AX002D SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 59 60 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 53.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 59.1 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 577GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 148 151 151 149 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 113 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 148 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 129 129 126 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 103 SusWrite 128 167% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-2400 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 8.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 83%

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	789x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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