MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 23:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 448 64% 471 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 92% 109 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,189 Write 1,684 Mixed 662 332% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 68.4 263% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 1,296 DQ Mixed 1,048 836% 1,160 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 75GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 418 85 50 48 37 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 421 Mixed 308 SusWrite 176 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.2 166% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 67.1 108% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 197 198 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 195 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 437GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 185 187 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 125 Mixed 87 SusWrite 185 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,828x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16