MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 04:00
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 578 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 66.4 64% 73.6 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 68.3 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD25S-M 128GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 96GB free Firmware: 120518E SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 137 157 144 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 183 Write 109 Mixed 129 SusWrite 153 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 14.7 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 33.4 DQ Mixed 18 19% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 116GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 149 147 151 149 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 128 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 151 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 85 104 123 126 140 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 113 Write 126 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 114 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 86%
ST330062 0A 300GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 208GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.7% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 36 Mixed 29 SusWrite 38 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 125 125 124 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 58.8 Write 121 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 124 129% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 184% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 18.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 80%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,836x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	965x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16