MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 12:33
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 78.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 559 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 67.7 59% 71.9 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 63.4 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 100 100 246 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 163209740316 (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 1345248944 (F7) Unknown 100 100 42218925 (F8) Unknown 100 100 18512893 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1251 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80% Very good	Read 476 Write 285 Mixed 319 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 24.3 114% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 39.3 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 755GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74763992 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99436522 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 466 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 60129542169 (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 -79023103271300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6410356147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 267331832089	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 191GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51091148 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26441030 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1691 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454623259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 34359738395 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 26 51091148 (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 118399363457722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3003962342 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4042381769	62.9% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.68 137% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 268GB free, PID null Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 37.6 Mixed 9.84 34% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) - $146

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	135x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Total price: $939

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