MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	138% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 262 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 796 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.78 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,578 Write 374 Mixed 442 172% 798 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 13.2 120% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 34.7 124% 276 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 144%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 108 (03) Spinup time 165 165 42972021243 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2062 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749413408 (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	46.7% Average	Read 76.6 Write 86.3 Mixed 76.2 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	979x
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	350x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	247x

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	99x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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