MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	220% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$56 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 231 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 395 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6229 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.69 6% 9.04 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 321 322 321 318 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 1,372 Mixed 594 SusWrite 359 241% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 64.5 251% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 927 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 670 560% 811 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 403GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 86.6 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 87.3 98% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G24002 1x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 48%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16