MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 305 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 550 67% 514 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2875 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 198 Parallax 194 151% 192 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,024 Write 799 Mixed 607 248% 1,144 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 60 262% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 826 673% 958 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 163 176 156 134 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 447 Write 153 Mixed 194 SusWrite 160 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 23.4 90% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 79.3 82% 142 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 61GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 101 75 83 104 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 120 Write 87.7 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 95.4 64% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 34.2 Write 39 Mixed 36 SusWrite 40.4 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 221% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBR2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBR2 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,818x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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