MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161116
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateSep 21 '18 at 08:14
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 496
64% 483 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.2% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 137
Parallax 127
99% 128 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 117
Splatting 102
86% 105 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,378
Write 1,469
Mixed 1,170
368% 1,672 MB/s
4K Read 61.5
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 81.8
288% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 964
DQ Write 1486
DQ Mixed 998
820% 1,149 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
452GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 101 101 101 100 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 79
Write 75.8
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 101
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
72% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 21.7
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 72%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 2,274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59) - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $645
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