MSI MS-7A59

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.7% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Micro-Star Z270 Gaming Codex X3 (MS-B913)
Motherboard	MSI MS-7A59 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 771 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2148 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 119 97% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 111 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 221GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,368 Write 542 Mixed 747 194% 885 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45.2 173% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 101 138% 248 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 157%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,351 Write 558 Mixed 779 197% 896 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.5 170% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 101 133% 237 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 157%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 286GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 236 100 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1245344 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 15328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 60216967168 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 320536603 (BF) G-sense error rate 76 76 6164 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2818091 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 726596 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.9% Average	Read 85.2 Write 88.7 Mixed 83.2 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 58%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 138 199% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-7A59

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	39x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	17x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	5x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	3x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	19x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	8x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $119Bench 128%, 20,782 samples	7x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	27x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	12x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GBHynixBench 70%, 8 samples	2x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16