MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 26 '18 at 05:23
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 106
2-Core 211
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 772
68% 580 Pts
64-Core 776
48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 119
Parallax 113
97% 117 fps
MRender 99.9
Gravity 106
Splatting 106
85% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$80
243GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 75 70 80 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
44.5% Average
Read 78
Write 92.2
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 76.8
49% 67.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 44.5%
Great: 92%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGNW7JH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 165 173 179 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 168
Mixed 79
SusWrite 175
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.7
223% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSB.16FBR 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.5% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 24.8
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 23.7
68% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 94%

 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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