MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 05:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$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 (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 781 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.4 87% 104 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 96.3 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 357 306 309 308 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1995 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,076 SusWrite 463 278% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 87.8 306% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,318 DQ Mixed 1,025 809% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 280%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 222GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 278 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 405 Write 382 Mixed 373 SusWrite 191 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 22.5 132% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 33.9 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 180 178 179 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 79.7 Mixed 77 SusWrite 178 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 729GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 106 123% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 93%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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