MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$241 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 640 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 68 65% 76 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 522 567 556 598 605 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2387 Write 2,260 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 619 376% 1687 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 80.7 270% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,131 DQ Write 1006 DQ Mixed 1,057 796% 1,065 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 453GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 469 477 474 437 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 476 Mixed 457 SusWrite 435 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.9 205% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 373GB free Firmware: 3.AFD SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 76.3 Write 47.5 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 76.9 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 90%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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