MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 23:25
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	13%

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 (95^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 468 66% 488 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 91.8 61% 76.5 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 82.1 58% 69.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 118 100 1398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1851 (A6) Unknown 100 100 691 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 742 (A9) Unknown 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 726 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1082 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 274877906989 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 24 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 157873 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9557 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10906	81.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 352 Mixed 398 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 4.21 110% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 29.2 78% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Surveillance 2TB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: CV01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222688320 (03) Spinup time 93 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4488320324 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 655753255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 275110 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 32 222688320 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 83.8 Write 79.4 Mixed 79.5 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.11 48% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 566GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38174176 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 25795684722 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BC) Unknown 100 90 12885164743 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 41 189684514858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15716 (C2) HDA temperature 42 59 38654705706 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 162 87871 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5716601469938 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12169420092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7733268692	66.6% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 118 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 225 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2966 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 683 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115144 (C2) HDA temperature 110 72 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 6425 (F1) Unknown 200 200 44155968008 (F2) Unknown 200 200 76794731844 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 95.4 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 216GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 97 126204755 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 275324574584 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5301 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 34 757858349 (C2) HDA temperature 45 66 47244640301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 57 116449608 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 112 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.3% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 68 Mixed 68.3 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 153GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 69 Write 81.5 Mixed 55.6 89% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 1x8GB 849 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 16.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 58%

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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	982x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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