MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 757 80% 638 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 75.9 66% 79.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 75.3 61% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2247 610 605 610 611 610 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 2348 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 882 392% 1,757 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 87.2 297% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 1026 DQ Mixed 1,119 833% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 112GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 168 142 90 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 350 SusWrite 170 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42 159% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 192 186% 294 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 379GB free Firmware: 3.AFD SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 77.5 Write 45.9 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 76.5 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
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	863x
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 $179	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