MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 17:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 136 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 718 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 871C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.54 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 11 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 9.97 9% 10.6 fps	MRender 17.3 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 16 13% 16.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5163 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (B1) Unknown 92 92 162 (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 61 45 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 84011735936
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston SNS4151S316GD 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 11GB free Firmware: S9FM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 3062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1648 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5439528 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1684300900 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 409039 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 326162 (F2) Unknown 100 100 331713 (F3) Unknown 100 100 110382343808100 (F4) Unknown 100 100 40 (F5) Unknown 100 100 83	55.7% Above average	Read 240 Write 136 Mixed 183 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 7.78 117% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 2.75 36% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 55%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34385428913 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 731 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 731 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223339675687 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 56% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 140 140 34385232302 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 131 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 231929806886 (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
Poor: 56% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.1 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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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	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: $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