MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 431 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 116% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 447GB free Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 1,626 Mixed 1,987 452% 2,037 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 69.8 233% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 167 167% 271 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 333%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 71GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,213 Write 575 Mixed 684 181% 824 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 29.2 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 59.9 91% 172 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2325 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 676 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8464502230	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 406 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 40.2 151% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 110 121% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 230GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 141 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5944 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 695133 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 72.4 Write 78.2 Mixed 61.4 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.43 110% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 84.2 Write 11.9 Mixed 21.2 36% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 1.01 124% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 28.2 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 CAMO SQUAD (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	10x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
MX500 250GBCrucial $39Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	5x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	4x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	4x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16