MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 03:01
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 841 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 113 92% 115 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3364874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 82583631169425 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 81607196700 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 81607196700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3364874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3364874 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3364874 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 224 (EA) Unknown 0 0 192 (F1) Unknown 0 0 192 (F2) Unknown 0 0 60	47.4% Average	Read 479 Write 92.2 Mixed 143 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 13.1 72% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 25.1 DQ Mixed 15 16% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 280GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26530 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (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	69.5% Good	Read 136 Write 106 Mixed 107 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 158GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 109 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38685245843 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3180 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 244814118950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	48.9% Average	Read 90.6 Write 79.5 Mixed 75.7 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 119GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 175 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3019 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 266425 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (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 29 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	23.6% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 44.9 32% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 41%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 83 196039791 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11652 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 44 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 30458817398 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1205 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6580 (BC) Unknown 100 93 4295033752 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 181 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 20 196039791 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 217 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 217 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 60 Write 60.8 Mixed 55 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 68%
Seagate ST980811AS 80GB-$100 1,707 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free Firmware: 3.ALC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66836012 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1215 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 37 572653602 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132533 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 60 66040670 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 7% Great: 24%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 193GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 55.4 Write 67.6 Mixed 49.3 75% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x16GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $110

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	983x
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	352x
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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $615

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16