MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 08:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 779 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 8.31 6% 8.76 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.9 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 270 269 252 210 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 425 Mixed 366 SusWrite 266 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 59.3 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 226 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 6GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 92.8 Write 50.3 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 45.3 74% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 96% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE1 1x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $242Bench 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: $517

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