MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% 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 Drive139% 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 29 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration228 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 53%

 PC Performing way below expectations (10th 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 way below expectations (10th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 115
2-Core 210
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 514
53% 429 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 149
Reflection 172
Parallax 99.6
122% 140 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 147
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 112%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 248 265 259 261 264 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 1,607
Write 1,130
Mixed 540
SusWrite 297
197% 893 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 49.1
4K Mixed 33.2
115% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 872
DQ Write 72.6
DQ Mixed 105
170% 350 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 139%
Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
325GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 864 613 474 751 730 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 2,022
Write 1,444
Mixed 1,162
SusWrite 738
299% 1,342 MB/s
4K Read 52.8
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 49.7
168% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,343
DQ Write 77.7
DQ Mixed 129
240% 516 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 209%
Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
510GB free
Firmware: CC4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 153 162 165 167 165 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Read 97
Write 89.5
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 162
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
70.2% Very good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 23.5
72% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 18.8
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 SLI (MS-7A59) Builds (Compare 537 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI (MS-7A59)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $764
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