MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive207% 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.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180630
Uptime11.5 Days
Run DateJun 03 '20 at 03:03
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 242
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 675
66% 544 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P5000
Nvidia(10DE 11B2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1733 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 442.92
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 131
Parallax 125
107% 129 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 124
Splatting 98.1
88% 108 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 100%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 206 193 192 195 192 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 2084
Write 1,164
Mixed 1,116
SusWrite 244
254% 1,152 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 83.7
274% 95.3 MB/s
DQ Read 813
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 290
270% 436 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 207%
Great: 244%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
90GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 72 70 68 70 71 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
34.1% Below average
Read 49.5
Write 75.5
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 68.9
46% 61.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 33.4
MC Mixed 25.9
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 26.7
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 56.6
71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 105%

 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 2,279 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: $637
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HDDRAMUSB
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