MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 94% 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	110% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	44.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 21:59
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 775 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 152 Parallax 155 125% 153 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 117% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 229 255 257 257 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 453 Mixed 339 SusWrite 268 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.9 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 230 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Samsung MZYTE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 178GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 256 256 255 256 256 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 261 Mixed 192 SusWrite 256 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 27 143% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 71.2 118% 232 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 93%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 364 378 378 374 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 372 Mixed 275 SusWrite 375 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.4 157% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 318 242% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 373GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 77 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 74.7 Write 79.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 76.5 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	351x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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