MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive180% 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 08 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 97.2
1-Core 120
2-Core 231
86% 149 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 466
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 153
Parallax 132
118% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 108
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$37
375GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 731 432 432 433 432 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1399
Write 456
Mixed 561
SusWrite 580
165% 749 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 51
197% 78.1 MB/s
DQ Read 815
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 338
330% 533 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 180%
Great: 216%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
113% Outstanding
MC Read 41.2
MC Write 48.5
MC Mixed 33.4
117% 41 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 40.7
SC Mixed 30.9
87% 30.6 GB/s
Latency 49.7
81% 49.7 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 113%
Great: 123%

 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 6,599 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-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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