MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 00:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 806 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 180 92% 128 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 124 Splatting 129 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1482 1547 1377 1219 1073 957 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 1,578 Mixed 1095 SusWrite 1,276 305% 1,354 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 85.9 307% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 271 344% 602 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 255%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 155GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 117 121 118 118 122 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 333 Write 358 Mixed 285 SusWrite 131 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 13.3 93% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 24.6 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 86%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 108 SusWrite 135 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

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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	2,817x
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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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