MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 04:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 737 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 104 Parallax 90.3 78% 96.9 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 94.9 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M.2 2280 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1107A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 45 49 48 57 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 456 Write 385 Mixed 196 SusWrite 85.9 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 17.2 133% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 26.8 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 92%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 69 63 64 62 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 437 Write 276 Mixed 301 SusWrite 86.8 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 38.9 153% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 184 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 210GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 173 174 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 76 SusWrite 172 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 148 142 149 143 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 145 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 266% 2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 88%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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