MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 05:24
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 632 84% 631 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 204 Parallax 181 135% 183 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,680 Write 1,239 Mixed 1,413 390% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 43.4 253% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 71 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 43.6 62% 109 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223482160 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2947402 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98854 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 51539607584 (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 -75544179765504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7049137604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88111689147	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 175 Mixed 167 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Marvell Raid VD 1TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 822GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	46.4% Average	Read 78.9 Write 83 Mixed 72.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 172%
Marvell Raid VD 1TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 815GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	64.3% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 96 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 172%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 675GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 345 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1132 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 329 (BC) Unknown 99 58 852038 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 505282590 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1164 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 31 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 33	95.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 168 Mixed 133 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.24 140% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 28.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 30.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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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 $274	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 $184	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