MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.3% 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 Drive98.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170203
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 09 '18 at 01:03
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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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 i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Memory 95.6
1-Core 131
2-Core 261
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 530
8-Core 504
70% 517 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 112
Parallax 96.8
88% 106 fps
MRender 93.6
Gravity 88.2
Splatting 96.2
76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 260 114 214 262 282 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 486
Mixed 366
SusWrite 236
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 42.9
160% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 195
184% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 178 177 178 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 172
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 177
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 108%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 31.8
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 35.8
SC Mixed 27.6
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 55.2
72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 99%

 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 6,548 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: 68% - Good Total price: $907
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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