MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results

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Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.4%, 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.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 15:10
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 556 76% 562 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 117% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 518 Write 423 Mixed 390 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.4 184% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 160 144% 210 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 257GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 133 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 432GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 72 73 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 76.7 Write 73.3 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 71.4 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 145GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 66 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 47.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 65.7 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	787x
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	232x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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