MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 08:24
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 743 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 73.6 65% 77.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 73.5 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 89 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 615 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 657 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1640 (F2) Unknown 100 100 795 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2460	91.9% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 248 Mixed 315 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 33.6 147% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 55.5 97% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 115%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3CF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 131 131 25790447880 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1470 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1515 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 193274314785 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 127 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.48 109% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 32.3 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 47.2 SC Mixed 33.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

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