MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.8% 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	264% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 08:54
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 584 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 89% 109 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 397GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,814 Write 1,510 Mixed 1,798 450% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 74.1 272% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 565 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 233 255% 428 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 306%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1511 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 149 (A9) Unknown 100 100 330 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 553 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 45 193274576920 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 286 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 286 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7646653832 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12520298144 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 443 Write 332 Mixed 343 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 24.9 124% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 48.4 84% 167 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 99%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 1,175 Mixed 1,804 408% 1,853 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 54.5 218% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 243 257% 426 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 237%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 45GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (C2) HDA temperature 76 49 219044249624	56.4% Above average	Read 387 Write 198 Mixed 212 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 7.46 82% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 25.1 49% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 429GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38540800 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7070455 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1621 (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 82 58 197871534098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13901 (C2) HDA temperature 18 42 -140737488355310 (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 43117176685545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6367704387 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10346889147	91.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 137 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33.5 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 19.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%

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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) - $110

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	352x
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 $90Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $615

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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