MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	111% 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	70.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 89.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 736 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 118% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 164 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8629453335 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 53 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 363 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 60 257698693166 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1322852679988 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 885 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3899 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2946 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2204 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 97.5 Mixed 203 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 16.3 119% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 11.5 74% 175 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 140 140 25788088583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 770 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 770 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 141734445080 (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	91.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 143 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 754GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 81.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 0.55 182% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 63%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 173 Write 164 Mixed 158 211% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 100%

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Gaming 53%

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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	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	233x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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