MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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	276% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 603 81% 602 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 198 Parallax 174 143% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 172 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 1,132 Mixed 1,324 366% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 70.7 270% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 599 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 214 237% 405 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 259%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: P051 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 100 100 871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 40 (A4) Unknown 100 100 73984 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54826 (F2) Unknown 100 100 83895 (F5) Unknown 100 100 147968	88.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 332 Mixed 393 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 26.8 122% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 77.6 106% 193 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 855GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42781120 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3599242 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1202 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99825 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 51539607576 (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 16003048149146 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13416459184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88553998376	79.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 138 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 335GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3601 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3057 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1083 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3601 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 113 Write 98.6 Mixed 95.4 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 28.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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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 $269	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 $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