MSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A59
MotherboardMSI Z270 SLI PLUS (MS-7A59)  (all builds)
Memory14.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180630
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateSep 21 '20 at 12:36
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th 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 way below expectations (9th percentile)
71.9% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 111
2-Core 194
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 320
8-Core 511
51% 416 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
Asus(1043 8738) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 161
Parallax 178
131% 167 fps
MRender 194
Gravity 151
Splatting 106
118% 150 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 122%
Great: 139%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7989
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.64% Terrible
Lighting 8.1
Reflection 11.8
Parallax 8.53
7% 9.49 fps
MRender 10.4
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 15.9
10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.64%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 202 196 200 205 175 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 1,391
Write 207
Mixed 248
SusWrite 198
110% 511 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 69.6
4K Mixed 25.4
108% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 400
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 212
176% 259 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 113%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
58GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 69 83 85 84 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
41.8% Average
Read 124
Write 94.4
Mixed 117
SusWrite 79.5
23% 104 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 22
89% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 96.7
76% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 41.8%
Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
271GB free
Firmware: CC24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.3 10 9.3 8.9 9.9 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
5.24% Terrible
Read 8.7
Write 8.2
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 9.6
7% 8.8 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 5.24%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FD2 Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 859B BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FD2 Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 24GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
71.5% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.2
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 26
SC Mixed 19.8
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 82%

 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 2,280 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) - $115

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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