MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	189% 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	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	21.2 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 12 '21 at 20:13
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 603 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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 (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 93.5 83% 98.3 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 80.2 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 240 246 251 206 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 1,230 Mixed 595 SusWrite 258 216% 978 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.7 186% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 789 DQ Mixed 724 603% 878 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 261GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 121 122 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 153 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 121 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 108%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 162 161 159 159 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 160 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 907GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 81 78 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 34.8 Write 2 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 83.4 34% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.6 605% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 70%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 163 161 166 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 151 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 162 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 269% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.3 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 106%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) Builds (Compare 1,929 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	794x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	219x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $462

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16