MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '22 at 15:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 74 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 511 54% 429 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 71.9 30% 60.7 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 57.5 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 69 74 87 58 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 154 Write 108 Mixed 147 SusWrite 74.1 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 21.9 79% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 98.5 76% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 73%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 358GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 381 399 392 423 394 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 228 Write 104 Mixed 283 SusWrite 388 57% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 27.6 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 225 196% 291 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 809GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 185 188 190 190 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 55.2 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 184 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $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