MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	146% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 01:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$62 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8626) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 38.5 32% 36.9 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 37.7 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 212 205 210 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,103 Write 682 Mixed 516 SusWrite 213 139% 629 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57 204% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 397 348% 522 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 144%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$98 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 189 188 187 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 179 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 188 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 30.2 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.4 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $105

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	988x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	546x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16