MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 23:15
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 567 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 128 Reflection 131 Parallax 112 104% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 128 Splatting 0 56% 77.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 20 2.5 1.4 2.6 4.5 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 305 Write 96.8 Mixed 182 SusWrite 12.7 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 9.3 1,517% 8.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 160%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 67GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 104 101 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 105 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 89%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	349x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	135x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	62x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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