MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 02:22
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 as expected (48^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 475 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 78 Parallax 68.9 65% 75.4 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 70.9 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2692 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 261 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10970670039	80.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 266 Mixed 301 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 19.3 116% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 67.8 94% 170 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 124%
TOSHIBA MK1652GSX 160GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 96GB free, PID 0379 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 41.7 Mixed 11.3 35% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.28 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 9.01 Mixed 6.91 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 24% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 46%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	785x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	231x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $490

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