MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 11:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 261 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 699 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 118 Parallax 237 115% 165 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 161 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 57 97 62 90 52 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 462 Write 379 Mixed 403 SusWrite 120 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 1.2 122% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 39.4 47% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 100%
APS-SL3N-512 512GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 84GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 219 96 97 114 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 436 Write 277 Mixed 302 SusWrite 173 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 36.8 146% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 185 165% 247 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 800GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 156 181 180 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 173 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 30.2 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%

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

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $930

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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