MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	246% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A59
Motherboard	MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 78.2 2-Core 140 60% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 192 28% 203 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3485 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.5 84% 100 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 84.1 78% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 655GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 711 1074 1276 1379 1413 1421 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 1,619 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 1,212 319% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 72.3 246% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 571 450% 629 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 295%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 867GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 158 160 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 162 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 156 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 713GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 99.9 Write 100 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 107 115% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 111%

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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 $242Bench 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: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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