MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 13:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 126 2-Core 217 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 507 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 108% 133 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 61 167504642071 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9449217257 (F7) Unknown 100 100 295748828 (F8) Unknown 100 100 67737425 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.9% Very good	Read 477 Write 273 Mixed 303 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 23.6 103% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 36.8 73% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 651GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31546 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 22 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 381 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2383757833 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4219962779	81.2% Excellent	Read 168 Write 115 Mixed 108 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 137 Write 123 Mixed 83 140% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.31 30% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSCK.8FBD 2x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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