MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 07:11
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 304 41% 305 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 63.4 62% 70.5 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 72.9 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47248638005 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 40 257698037813 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73014771729 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 99 (EA) Unknown 100 100 499 (F1) Unknown 253 253 371 (F2) Unknown 253 253 227 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 356 Mixed 418 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 0.66 86% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 5.82 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 278GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57781752 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 412870313 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1553 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 81605689435 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 655753253 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 57781752 (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 -17892833734532 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3517720030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2591220689	46.7% Average	Read 74.3 Write 88.3 Mixed 86.8 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.38 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

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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) - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	981x
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	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	173x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $645

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