MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 10:45
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 814 88% 698 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

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: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 115% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.45 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 125GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339216927 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4203695516 (F7) Unknown 100 100 131624822 (F8) Unknown 100 100 86634908 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74% Very good	Read 486 Write 343 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 15.4 107% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 41.6 37% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 99%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 86GB free Firmware: MU01 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 204 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1706 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22871 (A5) Unknown 100 100 56 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 353056 (F5) Unknown 100 100 182968	102% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 369 Mixed 430 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35 152% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 23.5 91% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32589059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 86028194949046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 52 42953080861 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 42953080861 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32589059 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32589059 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32589059 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19423 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11987 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11987 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13190 (F4) Unknown 96 96 196673676	60.1% Good	Read 513 Write 98.7 Mixed 153 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.8 102% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 76.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 10.6 33% 69 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160023240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41682394 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2204 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 292596416543 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52932 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49138720837916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42089726872 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42567179985	74.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 135 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 31.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	111x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	117x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

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 $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