MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 397 61% 443 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$55 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 271GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 982 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 871	94.6% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 493 Mixed 503 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.9 124% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 13.5 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12293 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (94) Unknown 100 100 14528 (95) Unknown 100 100 502 (96) Unknown 100 100 348 (97) Unknown 100 100 484 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36479 (F2) Unknown 100 100 35074 (F5) Unknown 100 100 98344	72.8% Very good	Read 507 Write 195 Mixed 266 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 27.2 126% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 16.4 25% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12907064 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 117779037 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3464 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105269648427665 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44905642522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33173156774	99.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 170 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 712GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 103755163 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4039137 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 454623259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 237 (C2) HDA temperature 27 16 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 103755163 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26491358281350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 976928740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1360631757	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$42 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

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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	987x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	545x
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 $94Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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