MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 02:42
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 588 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 118 102% 127 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 472 Mixed 395 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.2 205% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 344 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 67 124 15 35 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 452 Write 356 Mixed 323 SusWrite 108 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 18.9 82% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 27.7 42% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 640GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1323 1356 1363 1462 1461 1453 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,454 Write 1,477 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 1,403 306% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 77.7 271% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 273 360% 638 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 941GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 158 160 161 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 108 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 158 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

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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 $241Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $764

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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