MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 15:54
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 773 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.3 63% 74 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 73.2 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 0 (03) Spinup time 190 170 1458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 185 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59583 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1519 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16579876983 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14042553055	86.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 151 Mixed 142 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
Maxtor 7L320S0 324GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 301GB free Firmware: BACE1G20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 180 19672 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 3172 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 1 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 230 55149 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17948 (0A) Spinup retry count 251 241 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 248 248 2203 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 27 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 5502 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 175 171 63 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 249 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 251 241 2 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 242 242 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 248 0	33.1% Below average	Read 56 Write 58.7 Mixed 60.9 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 15.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $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 $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