MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.52% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.2% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 03:32
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 775 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C959) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.59 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 1.73 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.94 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 2%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.18 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.2 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3552018760904 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 38 266287972389 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1752352424344 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1472 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11539 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4233 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6612 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.2% Above average	Read 493 Write 73.7 Mixed 347 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 3.61 68% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 0.05 58% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 86%
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 95GB free Firmware: DC7110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 189460 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 944 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 118818 (F2) Unknown 100 100 108676	95.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 309 Mixed 373 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 34.4 138% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 88.8 128% 239 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 84GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 215 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 327 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4576 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9382179937 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11376287256	96.3% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 321 Mixed 363 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 23.7 141% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 67.4 121% 240 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 99%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 2,280 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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

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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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