MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results

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Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 03:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 777 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 100 Parallax 93.1 82% 98.2 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 78.5 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,884 Write 1394 Mixed 774 298% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 59.5 232% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 784 651% 939 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 164GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 107 103 108 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 167 Write 148 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 108 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 108%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 163 161 158 160 164 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 125 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 161 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 907GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 76 87 79 83 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 183 179 178 171 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 178 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 274% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.6 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	789x
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	226x
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 $40Bench 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 $178	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