MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 01:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 847 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2690 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 163 Parallax 153 125% 157 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 147 Splatting 119 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 935 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 215 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4970934920	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 48.2 180% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 124 146% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 894GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15178 (03) Spinup time 114 107 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2195 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 629303 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 13	53% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 90.5 Mixed 81.4 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1998 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2753 (F1) Unknown 200 200 15867531866 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18007936896	93.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 156 Mixed 148 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 26.7 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 31.4 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	299x
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	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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