MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 635 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 70.4 66% 77.3 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 75 Splatting 73.6 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 292 236 195 206 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 426 Write 432 Mixed 334 SusWrite 227 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 36.4 136% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 202 179% 270 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 465GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 430 412 411 410 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 467 Mixed 385 SusWrite 423 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.2 180% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 288 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 187 188 179 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 187 Mixed 86 SusWrite 187 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 172% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 22GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 39 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 35.3 Mixed 33 SusWrite 39 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 0GB free Firmware: D781 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 18.3 Write 35.5 Mixed 31.8 22% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.7 199% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZKW 04CD F4-2400C17-8GIS 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZKW 04CD F4-2400C17-8GIS 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

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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	2,819x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16