MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 269 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 687 75% 593 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 63.5 42% 56.9 fps	MRender 52.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 39.1 37% 46.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 7397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1170 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 130 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 201 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 49 219044577323 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 48828282438 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1526102272 (F8) Unknown 100 100 803139506	71.6% Very good	Read 459 Write 169 Mixed 208 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 26.4 119% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 34.7 61% 122 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 122 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 56 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2786322143	121% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 414 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.6 198% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 132 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 719GB free Firmware: 0223 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54936280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15817717 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2075 (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 69 46 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76173 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38787849645399 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11412689266 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10631351742	72.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 99.7 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3300831SCE 300GB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 53 47 21860340 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39315374 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 63583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2334 (C2) HDA temperature 41 60 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 47 21860340 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.1% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 35.1 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226074119 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 3427433206993 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 14013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2778 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 622788645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 20 226074119 (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 -38925288578284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2837268375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 666698736	37.1% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 74.4 52% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 68%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1GB free Firmware: 0223 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 59.7 Mixed 58.7 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 83%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-75A7B0 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 25.1 Write 25.5 Mixed 26.7 34% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

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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 $219Bench 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 $75Bench 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 $171	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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