MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '19 at 15:19
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 121
2-Core 249
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 422
62% 450 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 124
Parallax 125
102% 125 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 121
Splatting 102
105% 133 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 43 45 48 48 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
53.8% Above average
Read 449
Write 82.2
Mixed 102
SusWrite 47.3
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 66.5
4K Mixed 13.4
94% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 42.2
DQ Mixed 39.4
53% 102 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
259GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 425 453 472 474 452 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 478
Mixed 449
SusWrite 451
106% 471 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 62
211% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 359
270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
885GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 192 192 190 192 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 165
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 191
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 101%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.9% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 21.8
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,569 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $887
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HDDRAMUSB
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