MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 21:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 699 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 77.4 71% 85.2 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 69.8 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,970 Write 1,125 Mixed 1,169 313% 1,421 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.4 174% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 56.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 23.4 38% 70 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 47281406424 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7516 (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 98 98 16381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1097 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7552 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979609632 (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 0	69.2% Good	Read 114 Write 127 Mixed 128 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 84 196266685 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164091780 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3184 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1300 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032861 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 504430620 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 19 196266685 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130987912573549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2642212040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3505732774	70.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 346GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 9516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233605 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 36 (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	47.6% Average	Read 91.1 Write 74.7 Mixed 69.5 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 102%

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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