MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 09:08
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 776 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.8 84% 104 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (A8) Unknown 100 100 108330 (AA) Unknown 100 100 108 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1310765 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 54165 (E7) Temperature 100 100 80 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6977	99.4% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 473 Mixed 494 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.7 125% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 13.5 95% 218 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 661 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 142 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.2 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 121GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1089 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 157 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 639238178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 736 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	48.9% Average	Read 86.4 Write 83.6 Mixed 85.8 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 1x16GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	790x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
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	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	218x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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