MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 852 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 62.1 53% 65.5 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 58.2 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BB600G4 600GB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 543GB free Firmware: D2010355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295557768 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 79 353042453 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 928 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 401 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 928 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1624	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 467 Mixed 466 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.1 142% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 23.8 86% 190 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Intel 710 Series 100GB 278 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6PB10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3260 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 180 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 403701784 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 171506 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 217 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 384478 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 171506 (F2) Unknown 100 100 231562	43.8% Average	Read 262 Write 167 Mixed 197 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 14.8 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 14.8 16% 26.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 592GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52736297 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4945 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 48 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44459298 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3320 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 124 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487915549 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 17179869213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 21 52736297 (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 110969070032550 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1890638074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 948891688	48.2% Average	Read 78.9 Write 88.9 Mixed 87.5 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.44 97% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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: $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 $179	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