MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$70 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 422 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 5294) 2GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 21.3 14% 18.3 fps	MRender 22.3 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 15.3 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 165GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 116 116 12897943748 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4414 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8240 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 253404446763 (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 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 102 Mixed 92.6 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 74%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 69GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 68.6 Mixed 58.7 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$23 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17710 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6311 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4946 (C2) HDA temperature 91 78 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	64.1% Good	Read 121 Write 102 Mixed 109 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5081 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1056 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 324440 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 40 (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 0	63% Good	Read 120 Write 98.9 Mixed 94 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.24 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 85%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 37.1 Mixed 19.6 38% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 45%
WD A MQ01A External 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 37GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 42.9 Mixed 31.7 49% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 48%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	359x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	137x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	85x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $374	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369