MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 04:58
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 479 63% 476 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10693986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -83030307763726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 42 47247392792 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 47247392792 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10693986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10693986 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10693986 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5876 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4228 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4228 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6224 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196673593	59.1% Above average	Read 397 Write 100 Mixed 157 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 15.8 115% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 67.4 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.1 31% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 369GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 154 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4805 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4690 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4802 (C2) HDA temperature 123 94 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 192 282 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 189 189 1898 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 19 19 24230	32.5% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 52.8 Mixed 52.9 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 30.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 30.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	135x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $931

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