MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	288% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '21 at 17:20
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 497 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1921 825 593 612 609 612 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 2251 Mixed 1341 SusWrite 862 386% 1,729 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 79.1 264% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,335 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 1,221 916% 1,225 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 340%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 76GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 34 169 82 26 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 412 Write 418 Mixed 368 SusWrite 132 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 41.7 152% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 207 178% 259 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 94%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 148 152 152 151 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 136 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 150 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 189 191 191 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 172 Mixed 129 SusWrite 189 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 374% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 165 176 176 178 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 136 Write 153 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 173 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 252% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 120 121 122 121 120 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 164 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 119 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 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 $93Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16