MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	77.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 12:02
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 590 67% 524 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 103 98% 117 fps	Gravity 136 Splatting 110 107% 123 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 719 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 521 (94) Unknown 100 100 110785 (95) Unknown 100 100 1493 (96) Unknown 100 100 1404 (97) Unknown 100 100 1477 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21979 (A5) Unknown 100 100 80 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37534325538844 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 283358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 207023 (F5) Unknown 100 100 259626 (F6) Unknown 100 100 443140 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 491 Write 246 Mixed 270 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 24.6 108% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 47 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195696208 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4090907 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7216 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54747948121868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3207306566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3134838636	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 165 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3509 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159478817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 181 Mixed 149 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 560GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 88.6 Write 91.8 Mixed 69.3 106% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 45%
asmedia ASM1053 2TB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 381GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 115 Write 173 Mixed 76.4 159% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 52% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16