MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 491 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 67 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 72.3 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 306 305 305 303 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 393 SusWrite 300 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64 221% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 210 162% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB 11,733 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 303GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 415 431 428 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 471 Mixed 378 SusWrite 403 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 54.9 196% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 152 136% 206 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 30.7 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,826x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	388x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16