MSI Z270-S02 (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-S02 (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 572 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 63 Parallax 81.9 56% 71.1 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 56 Splatting 78.8 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 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 95 95 33799315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -63333587738132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 41 81607065631 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 81607065631 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33799315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33799315 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33799315 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13157 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6792 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6792 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14120 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8519810	78.4% Very good	Read 478 Write 171 Mixed 213 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 23.1 137% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 60.4 83% 152 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157983712 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 477286 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 572325921 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 111669149729 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48838073122834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 809829973 (F2) Unknown 100 253 761559163	86.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 160 Mixed 125 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.54 184% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270-S02 (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	35x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	31x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 51,435 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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