MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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 Drive	194% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	15.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 10:29
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 229 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 458 56% 430 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 90% 112 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71 2,245 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 570 553 543 505 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,099 Write 1,465 Mixed 671 SusWrite 501 262% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 58.7 208% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 603 386% 423 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 339%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 85GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 228 231 231 233 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 422 Mixed 338 SusWrite 250 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57 194% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 339 258% 348 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 59.7 Mixed 36 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 178 178 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 144 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 179 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
Barracuda XT 4TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 183GB free Firmware: CC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 168 168 169 169 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 166 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 449% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%
Hitachi HCC545050B9A300 500GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 380GB free Firmware: PB4VCC0D SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 65 63 66 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 78.5 Write 59 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 63.3 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 46%
Seagate USB 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 414GB free, PID a0a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 92 89 95 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 37.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 91.1 84% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,850x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,217x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	973x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	872x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	213x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	224x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16