MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.9% 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 Drive47.2% 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 27 '19 at 02:54
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 85.8
1-Core 71.4
2-Core 206
68% 121 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 608
57% 475 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 135
Parallax 113
102% 124 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 120
Splatting 103
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Addlink SATA SSD 512GB
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM91.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 154 124 193 207 207 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
47.2% Average
Read 289
Write 253
Mixed 229
SusWrite 181
53% 238 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 13.5
4K Mixed 13.8
69% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 14.1
DQ Mixed 25.6
36% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 47.2%
Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
636GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7S0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 175 178 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 159
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 174
94% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.5% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 25.5
MC Mixed 20
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 104%

 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 6,566 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: $898
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