MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '23 at 00:25
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 595 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 121 Parallax 144 129% 141 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 144 Splatting 121 119% 149 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2177 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,319 366% 1,655 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 62.2 176% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 847 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 736 565% 769 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 136 144 137 132 135 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 136 Mixed 99 SusWrite 131 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Slim Mac SL 500GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 80GB free Firmware: 6405 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 57 54 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 77 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 54.9 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 282GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 39 38 37 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 51.5 Write 37.1 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 37.2 49% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 36%
WD My Passport 2627 5TB 4,990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2.5TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 37 36 36 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 52.4 Write 35.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 35.8 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 28GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	807x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	340x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	231x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	219x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359