MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 137 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 611 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.7 65% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 76.1 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 645GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 107374182402 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 89032 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 227634184224 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 12GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158742920 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84298991 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18135 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56130927588076 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32950383713 (F2) Unknown 100 253 407883775311	58% Above average	Read 117 Write 85.6 Mixed 87.4 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 0GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 93 (03) Spinup time 117 100 25791103300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 329494 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 421593121 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3382 (C2) HDA temperature 181 133 193274314785 (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	60.8% Good	Read 84.6 Write 127 Mixed 123 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 74%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 0GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6331 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 37 (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 88 88 9376 (F1) Unknown 200 200 31726230042 (F2) Unknown 200 200 53880333904	54.3% Above average	Read 76.6 Write 113 Mixed 89.3 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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: $764

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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