MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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	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 (18%). 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 692 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 137 104% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 2747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 267 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114156 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 167504379935 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4037 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11931 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4890 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 44 (F6) Unknown 100 100 798912	95.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 497 Mixed 485 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 13.4 111% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 53.1 105% 210 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 98GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 126846307 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33735976 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 521535518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 445 (C2) HDA temperature 30 7 30064771102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 126846307 (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 102022653151931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13797586265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9663807237	70.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 117 Mixed 128 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 115%

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Typical Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 2,277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	277x
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: $637

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