MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 597 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 119 69% 87.9 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 75.8 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1597 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (A5) Unknown 100 100 786000380214 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 244813135915 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 442384842855 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 829 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2889 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1553 (F2) Unknown 253 253 822 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 470 Write 241 Mixed 390 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 4.6 83% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 4.93 42% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1958 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1915 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 14749 (F1) Unknown 200 200 53996260648 (F2) Unknown 200 200 78616521964	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 187 Mixed 172 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.25 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C15 Series 4x8GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 32.8 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 30.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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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 $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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: $773

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