MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	66.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 20:57
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$242 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 749 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 125 Parallax 110 144% 137 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 113 Splatting 92.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 135GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 526 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589852 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5288	81.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 348 Mixed 351 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 9.64 98% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 48.7 97% 197 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 101%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1167 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458782 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4315	74.5% Very good	Read 515 Write 340 Mixed 354 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 9.67 97% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 9.92 44% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -35261680568953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 703 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 114 114 75113927 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 703 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 615809 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 615809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 798868 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23752	66.2% Good	Read 507 Write 145 Mixed 204 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.1 119% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 12 27% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 153 153 34386280901 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10535 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 154619281437 (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	98% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 163 Mixed 157 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218966362 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155221675 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098501 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 554893338 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 21474836506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 31 218966362 (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 -725849440328 (F1) Unknown 100 253 657008217 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1611530352	49.8% Average	Read 87.6 Write 85.9 Mixed 83.6 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.51 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26.6 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 29.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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: $765

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