MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 514 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 68.1 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 70.9 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A5) Unknown 100 100 720902 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 47 227633266739 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590065666 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 39 (EA) Unknown 100 100 56 (F1) Unknown 253 253 52 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 514 Write 253 Mixed 197 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 6.5 96% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 6.91 66% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188934824 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6768234 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 673644584 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15743 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 38654705704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127972845550587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9201521439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59903315238	83.1% Excellent	Read 186 Write 104 Mixed 137 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.21 54% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 115 101 7250 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6006 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 113 113 263060 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	56.7% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 97.9 Mixed 92.9 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 660GB free Firmware: HP36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62638208 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 138159906 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2483 (B4) Unknown 100 100 421104815 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 43656937513 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28617 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 -140737488355287 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 134 Mixed 118 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.34 158% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 86%

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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