MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 07:17
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 180 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 554 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 109% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 452 Mixed 381 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.1 181% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 355 Mixed 364 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 48.3 169% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 177 183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 9GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 103 95 103 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 28 Write 37.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 93 39% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 76GB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 39.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 40.3 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.5 195% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 9GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 14 9.4 9.3 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 13 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 12.8 20% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 114% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,836x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	965x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16