MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 01:17
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 642 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 69.3 65% 76.3 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 306 306 299 296 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 310 Mixed 298 SusWrite 302 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 38.5 148% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 210 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 128%
Transcend TS128GSSD25S-M 128GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 19GB free Firmware: 110512E SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 115 134 134 124 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 209 Write 108 Mixed 114 SusWrite 129 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 10.9 47% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 37.4 DQ Mixed 13.5 16% 26.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 136 138 164 150 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 84 Mixed 77 SusWrite 150 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 310GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 71 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 152 Write 136 Mixed 86 SusWrite 71.5 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 86%
ST330062 0A 300GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 260GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.7% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 38.3 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 122 124 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.3 Mixed 51 SusWrite 123 127% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

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

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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	2,835x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,207x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

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	815x

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