MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	72.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 693 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 115% 138 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 240GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 115GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 185 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458764 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221	99.5% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 507 Mixed 512 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 14.8 115% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 69.6 124% 242 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 99%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2173 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 523 (94) Unknown 100 100 84622 (95) Unknown 100 100 1259 (96) Unknown 100 100 1173 (97) Unknown 100 100 1227 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23688 (A5) Unknown 100 100 43 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37547243864093 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 266022 (F2) Unknown 100 100 269866 (F5) Unknown 100 100 279814 (F6) Unknown 100 100 338488 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72.6% Very good	Read 489 Write 251 Mixed 273 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 24 102% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 41.5 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 95%

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 below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	266x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	14x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $598

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16