MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 792 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 115% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Singe 240GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0616B0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 424 Mixed 20 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 0.8 41% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 88.9 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 0.8 13% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 83%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 190GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 472 399 278 278 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 485 Mixed 436 SusWrite 358 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.3 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 962GB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 80 88 89 83 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 81.3 Mixed 55 SusWrite 85.5 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 172% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

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

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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