MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% 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	84.2% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 549 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 80.6 52% 66.8 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 54.2 Splatting 72.3 51% 60.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 100 1627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1972 (A6) Unknown 100 100 743 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 794 (A9) Unknown 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 778 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 274877906991 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 169011 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11301 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15617	84.2% Excellent	Read 509 Write 360 Mixed 413 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 4.36 115% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 25.8 79% 165 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 86%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 195 195 11541 (03) Spinup time 240 227 9966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 734 (05) Reallocated sector count 29 29 1365 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49342 (C2) HDA temperature 117 81 35 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 1365 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 977 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 1653678	51.4% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 86.8 Mixed 87.9 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Surveillance 2TB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: CV01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152909352 (03) Spinup time 93 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8783734026 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 432 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605159460 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 279390 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 32 152909352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 74.4 Write 69 Mixed 74.9 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 841GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5376 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 108 Mixed 106 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 510GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110173104 (03) Spinup time 91 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 25800289493 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BC) Unknown 100 90 12885164743 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 41 189650698280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17882 (C2) HDA temperature 40 59 38654705704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 162 87871 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68238440397240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12635119368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10774801329	75.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 103 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 225 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4123 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3079 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 123658 (C2) HDA temperature 113 72 34 (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 92 92 6485 (F1) Unknown 200 200 45158902948 (F2) Unknown 200 200 78141998067 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 76.8 Write 78.4 Mixed 72.1 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 62%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 88GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 53.6 86% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 32.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	982x
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 $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	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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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