MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 03:27
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 190 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 459 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 123 111% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33942 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1185 (B1) Unknown 86 86 165 (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 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 524 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55755951338	73.7% Very good	Read 453 Write 255 Mixed 279 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 15.8 100% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 32.9 82% 176 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 89%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 190GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2251 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4676 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 28	61.2% Good	Read 140 Write 72.7 Mixed 97.2 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 109%

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Typical Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 2,280 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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 $179	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