MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 00:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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 i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 384 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 90 Parallax 81.9 67% 84.6 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 71.1 64% 79.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 386 403 416 417 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 439 Mixed 430 SusWrite 378 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 55.2 178% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 291 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 646GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1167 870 821 830 833 831 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,495 Write 1,621 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 892 300% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 71 242% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,368 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 1,199 907% 1,222 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FJ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 25.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) Builds (Compare 1,919 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	788x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $481

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 $15	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