MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	255% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 14:03
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 530 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.9 85% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 99 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% 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% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 629 619 504 342 338 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1,595 Mixed 690 SusWrite 520 271% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 71.8 266% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,220 DQ Write 1,375 DQ Mixed 888 782% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 88GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 358 360 361 362 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 360 Mixed 328 SusWrite 358 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 193 174% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 347GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 299 190 193 173 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 457 Write 329 Mixed 312 SusWrite 242 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 19.3 76% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 41.2 48% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 192 192 192 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 180 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 192 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 28.7 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 105%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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