MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	115% 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	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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 07:54
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 173 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 562 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 96% 115 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 294 260 274 283 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 478 Mixed 430 SusWrite 309 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.4 191% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 342 Write 153 Mixed 190 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 25.4 122% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 148GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 84 85 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 60.3 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 85 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 124 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 125 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 13.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $120

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	981x
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	351x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	173x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $645

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