MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% 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	91% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 03:19
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (91^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 256 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 792 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.5 81% 103 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 103 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 335 262 237 209 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 374 Mixed 234 SusWrite 271 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 37.9 142% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 153 152% 240 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 389GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 437 447 477 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 415 SusWrite 463 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.6 215% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 239GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1228 853 854 856 851 854 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,928 Write 2,190 Mixed 1,694 SusWrite 916 378% 1,682 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 73.7 268% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,336 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 1,171 904% 1,233 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 284%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 881GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 40.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 41.9 53% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 101%

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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 $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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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