MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	244% 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 01:04
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 582 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2254 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 86% 110 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% 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% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 654 655 655 653 645 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 1,719 Mixed 700 SusWrite 677 275% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 63.7 242% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 1382 DQ Mixed 894 768% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 149 68 69 68 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 414 Mixed 359 SusWrite 134 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38 164% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 194 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 238GB free Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 870 771 261 261 263 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 793 Write 850 Mixed 770 SusWrite 548 167% 740 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 53.6 203% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 690 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 580 467% 656 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 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	266x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	14x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $542

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16