MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	95% 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.

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	27.9 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	Apr 13 '19 at 17:57
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 146 2-Core 253 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 806 78% 644 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 79% 106 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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: 322 271 320 239 261 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 442 Mixed 330 SusWrite 287 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.2 148% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 169 166% 260 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 389GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 421 476 493 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 412 SusWrite 474 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64 219% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 190GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1253 853 858 861 861 864 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 2,180 Mixed 1,702 SusWrite 925 379% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 76.6 280% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,494 DQ Write 1,221 DQ Mixed 1318 998% 1,345 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 284%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 872GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 33 SusWrite 42.1 53% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% 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 (81^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
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 $94Bench 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: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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