MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	279% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 09:17
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$242 712,312 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% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 802 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.5 87% 105 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 95 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 456GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	423% Outstanding	Read 3,103 Write 2,802 Mixed 2,466 622% 2,790 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 84.6 341% 132 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 264 274% 451 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 423% Great: 332%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,946 Write 1,312 Mixed 1,572 426% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 56.6 238% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 65 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 210 162% 211 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 259%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 119GB free Firmware: 0K1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,821 Write 653 Mixed 999 322% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 40.8 218% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 62.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 179 109% 116 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 234%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 142 142 25805455799 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1483 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979740701 (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 200 200 34	72% Very good	Read 129 Write 122 Mixed 132 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6430 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11518 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 42355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1649 (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 78 59 370540566 (C2) HDA temperature 78 57 370540566 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 819300 (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 253 253 0	59.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
ASMT ASM1352R-Fast 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 294% 472GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	284% Outstanding	Read 270 Write 314 Mixed 220 346% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 16.4 2,536% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 16 2,660% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 284% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 304%
ASMT ASM1352R-Fast 256GB 153GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	420% Outstanding	Read 608 Write 568 Mixed 495 704% 557 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 10.6 2,690% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 10.9 2,778% 35.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.1 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	264x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $765

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