MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170214
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 04:36
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 253 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 467 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 128 Parallax 112 103% 122 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 119 Splatting 93.5 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 132GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 413 417 422 421 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 421 Mixed 332 SusWrite 415 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.2 157% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 209 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 137 147 132 129 134 MB/s Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	82.4% Excellent	Read 256 Write 217 Mixed 246 SusWrite 137 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.3 172% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 237 181% 246 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 194 199 198 198 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 197 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 16GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 84%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	785x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	231x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x
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	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $490

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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