MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.9% 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	259% 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

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 05:19
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 570 77% 573 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 79% 103 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 98.4 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 643 644 647 637 622 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 1,534 Mixed 673 SusWrite 648 268% 1,208 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 72.8 264% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 1,405 DQ Mixed 955 822% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 50GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 207 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 369 Mixed 364 SusWrite 132 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.4 164% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 196 175% 261 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 95%
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 38GB free Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 72 91 100 102 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 656 Write 491 Mixed 692 SusWrite 104 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.8 205% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 502 382% 523 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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 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