MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics123% 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 Drive113% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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)
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 16 '20 at 18:22
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 85.1
1-Core 124
2-Core 254
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 456
60% 452 Pts
64-Core 456
28% 456 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 188
Parallax 169
137% 175 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 172
Splatting 122
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 423 454 472 471 470 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 458
Mixed 383
SusWrite 439
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 49.8
177% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 358
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 118%
Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 190 187 183 178 181 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 470
Mixed 391
SusWrite 205
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 60.3
207% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 354
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 113%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 23.7
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 26.2
SC Mixed 21.4
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 71.9
56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 104%

 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 2,291 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) - $105

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $612
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