MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.1% 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	93.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 21:58
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 237 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 501 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 58.2 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 48.2 47% 54.9 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.3 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32MND-3312A 256GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (64) Unknown 100 100 4529028 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 236 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4052 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 51542032410 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16159 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8122 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9784 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 377 Mixed 439 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 19.1 118% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 42.6 112% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 297GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104934483 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 326466906231 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3212 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 39 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 656539687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 30064771111 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 104934483 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.3% Average	Read 74.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 67.2 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 2x4GB 4,643 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%

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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	351x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	136x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	121x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 3,240 samples	16x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $719

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16