MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.4% 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	136% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 15:19
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 680 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1740 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 97.1 Parallax 192 96% 136 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 121 Splatting 139 99% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 136 132 136 137 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 152 Mixed 435 SusWrite 141 91% 419 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 66.5 240% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 339 254% 348 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 149%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 239GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 130 133 131 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 87.2 Mixed 86 SusWrite 131 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: PC3OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 97.5 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 99.7 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: PC3OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 53 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 88.3 Write 88.7 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 71.7 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26.3 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

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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 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $115

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	983x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	541x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	351x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	277x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	249x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	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