MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.9% 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	292% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 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 09:45
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 775 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.8 86% 105 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 95 Splatting 98 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 477GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 864 Write 702 Mixed 645 164% 737 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 34 210% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 116 159% 289 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 332%
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)	425% Outstanding	Read 3,102 Write 2,806 Mixed 2,383 615% 2,764 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 251 4K Mixed 83.9 344% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 269 280% 462 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 425% 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 (100^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,959 Write 1,289 Mixed 1,478 418% 1,909 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 56.9 241% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 210 234% 399 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 292% 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 (95^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,822 Write 657 Mixed 984 322% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.2 231% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 56.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 18 32% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 227% 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 (90^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 1485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1485 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979740700 (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	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 143 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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 (93^rd 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 79 59 370475029 (C2) HDA temperature 78 57 370475030 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1262368 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 95.4 Mixed 113 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% 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	304% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 291 Mixed 217 369% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 14.1 2,459% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 14.7 2,646% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 284% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 304%
ASMT ASM1352R-Fast 256GB 153GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

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 (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.9 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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	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 $45Bench 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: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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