MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	96.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 18:58
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 533 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.8 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20102368153	96.2% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 399 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 26.9 150% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 27.3 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 134%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 73GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 177 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3792 (BE) vendor-specific 65 32 35 (C2) HDA temperature 112 79 35 (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 86 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.2% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 52.7 Mixed 50.5 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 35%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Read 27 Write 7.66 Mixed 8.36 14% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.004 32% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 33.2 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $136

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	993x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	551x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	356x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	253x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	174x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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