MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	171% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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-$235 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 787 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 70 Parallax 68.3 57% 69.4 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.4 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 2,143 Write 266 Mixed 475 205% 961 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39.6 165% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 22.5 124% 292 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 195%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 418GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7820 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1949 (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 93 93 33949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1924 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 54 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 77 49 387055639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 481896 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.5% Above average	Read 82 Write 97.5 Mixed 93.5 69% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 96GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6240 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3715 (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 97 97 15010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3529 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 69 387121175 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 420675608 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1867570 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	54.2% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 93.3 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.49 124% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 86GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 174 7525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21639 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.4 Mixed 99.3 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 36GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 75 69 7637 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3109 (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 11319 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3101 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799740445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3157	51.6% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 101 Mixed 94.9 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 75%
INTEL SS DSC2CW120A3 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 21GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	149% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 139 Mixed 172 219% 183 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 11 1,333% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 11.6 1,430% 21 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 149%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 13.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $136

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	990x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	546x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16