MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive322% 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)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateDec 30 '20 at 10:35
Run Duration216 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 88.1
1-Core 140
2-Core 269
92% 166 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 702
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 670
41% 670 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 141
Parallax 132
109% 136 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 138
Splatting 120
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
447GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1495 1251 1253 1247 1252 1247 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
322% Outstanding
Read 2,413
Write 2,231
Mixed 1,402
SusWrite 1,291
410% 1,834 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 83.1
282% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,471
DQ Write 1,192
DQ Mixed 1319
991% 1,327 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 322%
Great: 372%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75
119GB free
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 207 207 208 208 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Read 486
Write 204
Mixed 228
SusWrite 207
62% 281 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 32.9
136% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 166
147% 223 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC52
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 147 148 148 147 145 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Read 144
Write 109
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 146
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.2
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.1
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75%
Great: 99%

 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: $636
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