MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 23:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 774 87% 682 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 6299) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 155 Parallax 135 126% 148 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2535 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 810 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3336959753	110% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 417 Mixed 424 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 32.4 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 121 146% 257 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 135%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 983049 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 478 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 70 300649283634 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 54 (EA) Unknown 100 100 101 (F1) Unknown 253 253 91 (F2) Unknown 253 253 77 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80% Excellent	Read 499 Write 254 Mixed 257 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 21.8 134% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 38.8 54% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 103%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 95 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 37 270583857198 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6831429979 (F7) Unknown 100 100 243240684 (F8) Unknown 100 100 660882490	89.1% Excellent	Read 528 Write 401 Mixed 415 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 21.3 138% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 21 32% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387984816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (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 24 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 176094969896 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 190 Mixed 144 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 4x16GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.7 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 33.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 131%

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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) $30	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