MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	101% 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$230 712,312 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)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 734 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 122 97% 124 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 116 Splatting 97.4 86% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH3-CE480 480GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3392 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294967678 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2919 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24696	101% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 488 Mixed 508 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.4 124% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 68.4 124% 243 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 563GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789858097 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1165 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3243 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094117918 (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 200 200 0	79.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 141 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16