MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	110% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 754 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 134 Parallax 116 110% 128 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 125 Splatting 100 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 269GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,909 Write 1,355 Mixed 1,239 332% 1,501 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53.6 222% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 184 204% 349 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1041 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 831 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18262012869	110% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 36.8 170% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 96.3 125% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 327GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5503 (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 92 92 3709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3323 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 55792 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 180388954141 (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	53% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 89.4 Mixed 92.1 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 58%
Fujitsu MHZ2250BH G1 250GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 233GB free Firmware: 0040020C Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 68 186141 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 43843584 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8546985574411 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3167 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 3100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2408 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 22718 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244814118945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 183 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9040953355 (C5) Current pending sector count 91 91 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 94 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 12484 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 1533245847162 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	32.2% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 53.8 Mixed 55.8 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

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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