MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	380% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 152 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 785 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2832 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.7% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 75 65% 82.4 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80 Splatting 94.5 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1783 1904 1806 1910 1933 1822 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	380% Outstanding	Read 2,731 Write 2,204 Mixed 1030 SusWrite 1,860 437% 1956 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 88.9 299% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,475 DQ Write 1428 DQ Mixed 1,434 1,082% 1,446 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 380% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 316 315 315 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 404 SusWrite 333 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62 218% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 190 178 195 197 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 186 Mixed 85 SusWrite 192 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 169GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 71 72 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 73 Write 71.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 69.1 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 23.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 26.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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