MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	89.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 02:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 (54^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 485 63% 475 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 108 89% 109 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 98 68% 81.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30533 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 302 (B1) Unknown 93 93 228 (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 72 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29143982109	89.2% Excellent	Read 502 Write 284 Mixed 363 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 22.4 133% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 65 110% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 116%
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10075 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (A2) Unknown 99 99 8589935666 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458774 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7066 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5730	56.4% Above average	Read 424 Write 229 Mixed 258 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 6.28 59% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 5.47 56% 133 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 484GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 139 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.19 39% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 80%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) Builds (Compare 1,915 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	786x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	231x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
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 $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