MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	65.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 247 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 431 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 101% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 236 238 233 221 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 343 Write 356 Mixed 322 SusWrite 229 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 20.5 90% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 153 137% 203 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 99%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 137GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 60 Write 34.8 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 82.1 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 114GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 182 182 185 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 114 Write 86 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 181 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 546GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 75 Mixed 40 SusWrite 77 90% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 2,039 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 81.8 Write 84.8 Mixed 28.3 79% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

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