MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	90.5% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	39.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 22:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 778 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 151 Parallax 154 125% 153 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 134 Splatting 117 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 233 251 255 242 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 254 Mixed 178 SusWrite 236 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 28.9 145% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 81 123% 236 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Samsung MZYTE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 174GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 257 256 258 258 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 259 Mixed 193 SusWrite 257 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27 146% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 72.6 119% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 93%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 364 367 372 371 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 375 Mixed 269 SusWrite 370 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 319 242% 326 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 201GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 75.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 77.4 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16