MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% 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	128% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 293 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 807 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 91% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 96 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 283 287 281 285 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 492 Mixed 381 SusWrite 300 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 67.9 236% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ1LW960HMJP-000MV 960GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 451GB free Firmware: CXV81M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 956 954 960 949 944 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,522 Write 975 Mixed 653 SusWrite 947 228% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 63.3 267% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,490 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 795 722% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 253%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 115 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 136 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 413% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUS726060ALA640 6TB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 5TB free Firmware: AHGNT1EN SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 167 Write 43.5 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 44.1 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 101%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.4 8% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 27.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 31 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,566 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $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