MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 695 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 77 Parallax 66.4 64% 74 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 70 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 426 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21102867 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 469 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 68 292059152419 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335011184718 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2031 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2996 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2769 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2591 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 495 Write 338 Mixed 305 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 16.5 112% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 12.6 40% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 204GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3773 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555548705 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3583 (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 0	58.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 102 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.53 114% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA00 320GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 29GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 144 144 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3839 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 227222 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 240518955036 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	42.4% Average	Read 74.3 Write 73.6 Mixed 70.4 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 24 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

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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) - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	981x
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	248x

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	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $637

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