MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	286% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 06:53
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 267 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 788 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.1 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 42.7 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 36.5 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 441GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8716389 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 452 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 195 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 62 266289152030 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120260001820 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 788 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1103 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1015 (F2) Unknown 253 253 850 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 499 Mixed 468 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 30.1 162% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 55.3 114% 231 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 EVO 250GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,794 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,436 413% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 40.3 221% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 215 242% 414 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 276%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 184 184 34382676240 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184685166621 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	115% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 198 Mixed 187 147% 196 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 726GB free Firmware: SDM2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 65 68457615 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 985140 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -84391812398509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (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 75 56 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1333 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 85899345945 (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 108984795136184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 747214034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 298112042 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 114 Write 95.1 Mixed 72.9 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 5.17 4K Mixed 0.17 156% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 71%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 694GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3148 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3466 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2348 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13835 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 155 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2425 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2098 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 28 309238693915 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3726 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 155 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 899788	48% Average	Read 86.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 78.6 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.2 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 33.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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