MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 19:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 233 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 379 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 89%

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: 528.24 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 81% 104 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 95.3 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 3.2 47 2.3 21 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 389 Write 318 Mixed 261 SusWrite 60.7 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 16.2 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 44.7 49% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 61%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 303GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 114 48 69 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 402 Write 278 Mixed 228 SusWrite 96.8 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 6.8 52% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 11.9 33% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 131 104 79 141 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 311 Write 322 Mixed 231 SusWrite 112 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 11.2 77% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 28.4 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 34.4 Write 36.8 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 39.6 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 27.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

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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	265x
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	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 $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 $295	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