MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A75
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A75) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170214
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 775 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 66.5 66% 74.8 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.2 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 339GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 490 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1022	77.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 10.1 105% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 45.2 62% 106 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3833 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1691 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 68 37 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19063013050	98.8% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27 156% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 90.6 92% 140 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55489 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 261993791519 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 46 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2322650772 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1781832476	50.8% Above average	Read 455 Write 320 Mixed 291 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 8.53 43% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 3.58 DQ Mixed 9.55 7% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 56%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 150 147 3458 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5747 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7834 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 84.9 Write 79.5 Mixed 86.7 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 96%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	789x
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	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x

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	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $481

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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