MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (27%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 454 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 87% 106 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212396568 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12586172 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 53 51 808321071 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3360 (C2) HDA temperature 47 49 30064771119 (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 28887950034169 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7775161006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37932466878	90.6% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 179 Mixed 125 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.64 196% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 526GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 172 1691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 342 (C2) HDA temperature 90 89 53 (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	92.5% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 139 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA380 320GB 4,331 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 256GB free Firmware: ST2OA39D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 100 123 (03) Spinup time 111 100 17194680543 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 22970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 18833 (C0) Power-off retract count 81 81 23060 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 23060 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 219044642865 (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	52% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 89.8 Mixed 88.7 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

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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 $230Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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