MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	94.7% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 136 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 715 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 165 92% 121 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 110 Splatting 122 88% 106 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17429 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1296 (B1) Unknown 87 87 151 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 306 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50234190664	94.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 348 Mixed 342 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 26.2 135% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 79.7 119% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 856GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61081608 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4213174 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 63 370343957 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38958 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 34359738389 (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 -85620173040471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5063229256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8426690979	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 182 Mixed 177 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 690GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 175 7891 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 179874 (C2) HDA temperature 130 99 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 73.9 Mixed 71.9 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.3 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 46%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 189GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25790972228 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2594 (C0) Power-off retract count 78 78 26631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 26631 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 188978823193 (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	66.2% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 97.8 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 74%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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