MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	82.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 07:44
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 266 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 739 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 131 Parallax 110 103% 123 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 125 126 125 121 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 406 Write 242 Mixed 260 SusWrite 132 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.6 157% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 144 130% 199 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 126 148 169 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 118 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 142 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 578GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 112 114 114 114 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 110 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 246GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 146 148 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 131 Mixed 81 SusWrite 146 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 106%

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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	980x
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	350x
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	99x
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