MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	323% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 14:05
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 684 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T1 250GB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 141GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 431 Mixed 436 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 28.6 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 71.4 76% 124 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 71%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3055 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 322 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11116085956	46.4% Average	Read 422 Write 172 Mixed 230 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.88 71% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,643 Write 1,971 Mixed 2,011 490% 2,208 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 65.3 255% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 482 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 182 204% 348 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 340%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: FBEOC40J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 8436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 10052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5990 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 -4293065647 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1025 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 471334938 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 94 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 17432842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 184607 (C2) HDA temperature 203 100 240518823963 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	34.7% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 61 Mixed 54.1 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 527GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 49 (03) Spinup time 175 165 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1933 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4437 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 99.7 Mixed 96.9 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 86%
Fujitsu MHY2160BH 160GB-$45 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 148GB free Firmware: 0000000B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 199235 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 37224448 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2358 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2373 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749413404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 96 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 460390400 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18231 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 2632515190784 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	26% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 46.4 Mixed 46.6 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 27%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 8GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 6.9 Mixed 8.83 17% 18 MB/s	4K Read 3.81 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.8 93% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 2x16GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 86%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $115

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	983x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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