MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 23:54
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 461 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 98.5 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 70GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4259391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -91053306675192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 77312032798 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77312032798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4259391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4259391 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4259391 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963397 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3080219	74.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 194 Mixed 245 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 18.9 121% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 53.6 71% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1089 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 156 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655385 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2935	81.4% Excellent	Read 511 Write 346 Mixed 355 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 10.4 99% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 48.9 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 809GB 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 102595082 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4289161 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (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 68 60 571867168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2134 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 1 102595082 (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 -70192650517547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5631133624 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2309115253	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 130 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2521 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.8 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 27.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $115

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	983x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	541x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	351x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	277x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	249x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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