MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95% 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	86.2% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5040 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 05:55
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 781 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1817 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 123 Parallax 123 101% 123 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2031637 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 437 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279174250528 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25769803782 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 177 (EA) Unknown 100 100 439 (F1) Unknown 253 253 423 (F2) Unknown 253 253 286 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 279 Mixed 245 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 19.7 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 41.4 96% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 329GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118227018 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2972 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 146 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13018936174 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1196 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 571801628 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 118227018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95124935662876 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1216491907 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1018483439	56.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.6 Mixed 98.9 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.48 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 1x16GB 2,342 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 48%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	264x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	14x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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