MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% 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 10 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 629 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% 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 (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 67.3 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 75.8 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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: 138 159 149 138 152 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 168 Write 108 Mixed 128 SusWrite 149 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 14.8 58% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 17.8 18% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 117GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 156 151 144 150 147 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 151 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 123 106 112 127 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	67% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 116 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67% 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	17.3% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.8 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 38.3 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.3% 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: 122 125 125 123 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 40.8 Write 71.8 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 124 105% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.1% 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,844x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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