MSI Z270 SLI (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 (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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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 (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 522 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 102 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.2 83% 106 fps	Gravity 91.6 Splatting 105 88% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 215GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (A5) Unknown 100 100 433833837017 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 54 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 514 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 36 274877906987 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 674317795485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1899 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3910 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2072 (F2) Unknown 253 253 709 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 491 Write 202 Mixed 261 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 4.41 98% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 0.06 66% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 86%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4313569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 67894843019657 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4228 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 62 34363801632 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4313569 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4313569 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4313569 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9361 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8863 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8863 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10549	69.9% Good	Read 479 Write 140 Mixed 224 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 17.9 123% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 14.3 48% 105 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169958560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4433083 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3526 (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 73 50 34814361627 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19220 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 -140737488355301 (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 66516158514246 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8007638258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3522300659	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 169 Mixed 159 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 96%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	265x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	14x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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