MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 21:48
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 817 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 118% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.4 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 48 223339216920 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4911833396 (F7) Unknown 100 100 153771215 (F8) Unknown 100 100 110412829 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 343 Mixed 342 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 15.4 109% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 46 40% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10352569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 129192616274434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 52 42953080855 (C2) HDA temperature 23 52 42953080855 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10352569 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10352569 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10352569 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21414 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13463 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13463 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14017 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196673689	57.6% Above average	Read 426 Write 111 Mixed 159 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 11.7 107% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 26.3 34% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 73%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 18GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1790 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24001 (A5) Unknown 100 100 61 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2286 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 361056 (F5) Unknown 100 100 192008	88.9% Excellent	Read 525 Write 370 Mixed 432 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 24.2 142% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 24.1 35% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73633840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44381627 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2288 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 292461477912 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56046 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 -140737488355304 (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 121530394612336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44564736376 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44569809269	73.8% Very good	Read 97 Write 160 Mixed 101 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 112%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 31.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

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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 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	298x
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	74x
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 $76Bench 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: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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