MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	81.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 22:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$91 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 327 45% 331 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 81% 104 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 97 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 130 129 131 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 434 Write 335 Mixed 302 SusWrite 143 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 37.5 140% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 181 162% 243 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 735GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 163 178 165 174 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 172 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	795x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	234x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	219x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $468

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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