MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	93.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 23:13
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$128 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 464 59% 448 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.8 86% 103 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 98 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 256GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST7S1031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 84 160 140 132 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 445 Mixed 367 SusWrite 138 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.4 163% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 194 182% 283 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 124GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 158 160 160 158 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 147 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 158 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 18 18 17 14 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 127 Write 93 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 21.1 92% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.9 129% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16