MSI Z270-S02 (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% 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	69.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270-S02 (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 08:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 652 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 96% 123 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 129 Splatting 114 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 89 109 97 99 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 311 Write 205 Mixed 264 SusWrite 115 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 33.3 131% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 121 119% 192 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1015 517 290 289 289 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1527 Write 1310 Mixed 563 SusWrite 449 214% 962 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 42.9 173% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1059 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 775 651% 944 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 236%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 147 147 146 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 144 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 289GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 116 115 114 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 114 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%

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Typical Z270-S02 (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-S02 (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	35x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	31x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 51,435 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $483

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 $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 $40	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