MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.4% 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 Drive267% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateOct 15 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration227 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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 above expectations (72nd percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 140
2-Core 270
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 781
73% 608 Pts
64-Core 780
48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 106
90% 110 fps
MRender 99.1
Gravity 101
Splatting 103
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,775
Write 1,161
Mixed 1,392
389% 1,776 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 39.1
213% 79.3 MB/s
DQ Read 572
DQ Write 425
DQ Mixed 25.5
147% 341 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 267%
Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100
3TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 194
Mixed 170
141% 189 MB/s
4K Read 1.02
4K Write 2.18
4K Mixed 0.25
110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 113%
Great: 108%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 32GB
29GB free, PID 4250
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
7.57% Terrible
Read 28.7
Write 7.41
Mixed 9.98
16% 15.4 MB/s
4K Read 7.57
4K Write 0.004
4K Mixed 0.007
28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.57%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.3% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 21.2
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 21.6
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,563 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $898
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