MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 14:38
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 797 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.9 92% 108 fps	Splatting 103 106% 103 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1958 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 106 (A9) Unknown 100 100 383 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 309 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684707870 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7253 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3884 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5346 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 499 Mixed 490 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 24.2 148% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 58.8 121% 245 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 655GB free Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1744 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1644 (0A) Spinup retry count 218 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7084 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274576922 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 422 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 185 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.1% Above average	Read 92 Write 89.7 Mixed 90.8 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba MK6459GSXPW 640GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 596GB free Firmware: GT001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2078 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 9730 (0A) Spinup retry count 193 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4625 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 55060 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224118809 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 37 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5235 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 331 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 75.4 Write 74.7 Mixed 74.9 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 45%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1525 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 90 2819 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2057 (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 4389 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 94 94 7057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454315032 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 108 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 39163 (DF) Load/unload retry count 94 94 7057 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 94085	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 94.1 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 75 225866235 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 397 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4089 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17216746 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3160860 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16842 (BC) Unknown 100 83 8590065704 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 404095000 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 30 225866235 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 4089 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2
Poor: 28% Great: 70%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 4.77 Mixed 4.6 9% 9.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.61 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 31.1 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 50.3 SC Mixed 33.3 103% 36.2 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 97%

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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	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 $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 $178	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