MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 21:04
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 560 72% 543 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 146 Parallax 122 102% 131 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 459GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6616 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2440 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 258 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28462569168	87.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 167 Mixed 272 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 28.7 147% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 95.4 127% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 126%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 103GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2778 (E8) Unknown 100 100 31437236158 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 463 Mixed 441 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 39.8 166% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 103 136% 244 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,726 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,316 386% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 27.3 198% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 149 191% 345 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18586680 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3339511 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 48 48 52 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 436863002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12662 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 42949672986 (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 81917911238909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5665936650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3287692193	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 162 Mixed 170 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 47.4 MC Mixed 37.8 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 33.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 144%

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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) - $115

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	983x
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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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