MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 14:09
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 695 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 31.7 21% 27.1 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 25.3 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S2G 128GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 79 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7384 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127837 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56369	108% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 446 Mixed 391 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 44.2 160% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 89.2 121% 220 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174325448 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7398698 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 74758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 73015558167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 505020443 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4030 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 3 174325448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120937689132892 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1480831316 (F2) Unknown 100 253 998772553	75% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 115 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.67 124% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 270GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36766690 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5107030331 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4868 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12887261242 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 73536372767 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 29 36766690 (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 -102215926639707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3044840948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4214406272	59.4% Above average	Read 117 Write 90.7 Mixed 92.1 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	982x
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	277x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	249x

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	174x
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: $636

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