MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 20:21
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 481 62% 470 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 164 Parallax 103 89% 125 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1121 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 6 Parallax 7.8 0% 4.63 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 11 7% 8.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.54% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 109 118 102 83 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 98 Write 108 Mixed 97 SusWrite 97 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $930

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 $45	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