MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 18:33
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 248 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 789 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 198 Parallax 174 140% 181 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 169 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 480GB-$151 269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 429GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5455 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 848 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638506 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3989	107% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 508 Mixed 505 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 16.2 141% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 53.7 116% 235 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
Liteon L8H-128V2G 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 141GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 77970256 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 438 (D2) Unknown 100 100 21 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4452 (F9) Unknown 100 100 996010920	75% Very good	Read 433 Write 364 Mixed 400 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 20.4 96% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 36.5 58% 117 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,056 Mixed 1,159 311% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 31.2 207% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 215 181% 248 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 31.1 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 30.3 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%

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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	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: $525

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