MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 13:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 504 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 122 109% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 391 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196616 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227634577445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 996 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 826 (F2) Unknown 100 100 789 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8 (F6) Unknown 100 100 262720	94.4% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 494 Mixed 470 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 12.8 106% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 12.5 89% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 111%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 163GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 14258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2585 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B5) Unknown 100 100 970666148012 (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 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 499 Write 255 Mixed 339 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 5.69 90% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 5.7 56% 129 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 70GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1335 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103104250169 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 45 193274380318 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1309998580224 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9062 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12459 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8117 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13431 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 487 Write 286 Mixed 257 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 14.9 96% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 36 89% 191 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 54085104 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 60563 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (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 64 59 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2814 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 68719476772 (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 92994631893218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 150540369 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26399183	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 184 Mixed 169 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $931

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