MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 05:15
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 208 84% 142 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 337 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 78 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-ac Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 679 760 727 623 95 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 775 Write 704 Mixed 579 SusWrite 482 142% 635 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 53 192% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 295 248% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 153%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 140 142 142 142 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 671GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 763 762 762 761 758 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 1,174 Mixed 636 SusWrite 788 225% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 47.3 166% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 467 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 172 206% 358 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 176%
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$65 11,104 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 235GB free Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 328 109 109 126 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 864 Write 539 Mixed 573 SusWrite 223 122% 550 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 50.4 194% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 316 263% 371 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$65 11,104 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 238GB free Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 314 108 126 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 886 Write 528 Mixed 564 SusWrite 220 122% 550 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 53.1 194% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 312 262% 370 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AR32C16S8K2SU416R 2x8GB 3,827 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 48 MC Mixed 35.9 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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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	264x
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	77x
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 $40Bench 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 $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 $40	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