MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 578 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 30.5 29% 33.4 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 32.1 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 123 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3865 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3854 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200067 (C2) HDA temperature 103 96 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 129 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.2 108% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 146GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 53 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 75 74 7777 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11328 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12930 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5610 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 206159347752 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 23 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11508	64.6% Good	Read 88.2 Write 136 Mixed 95.3 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	359x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	137x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	85x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $733

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16