MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 21:24
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-7700K-$379 341,238 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	1-Core 132 2-Core 234 88% 183 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 524 60% 459 Pts	64-Core 605 41% 605 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$400 169,446 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 374 Reflection 319 Parallax 402 98% 365 fps	MRender 370 Gravity 367 Splatting 228 108% 322 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$110 73,453 User benchmarks, average bench 293% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 2,488 Write 443 Mixed 1761 342% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 86.6 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,341 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 1,237 923% 1,228 MB/s
Poor: 220% Great: 336%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$74 217,593 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 112 120 106 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 378 Write 142 Mixed 188 SusWrite 114 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 32.8 146% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 126 101% 143 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$34 78,346 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 26 38 21 12 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 330 Write 76 Mixed 5 SusWrite 26.6 23% 109 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 0.1 31% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 85%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 151 38 68 38 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 292 Write 104 Mixed 144 SusWrite 148 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 37.3 123% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 214 165% 219 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 101%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 337GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 427 425 429 431 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 392 Mixed 364 SusWrite 424 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 43.6 146% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 214 182% 263 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 76%

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Gaming 96%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 341,238 samples	6,759x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 83%, 128,494 samples	3,808x
Core i7-7700Intel $313Bench 76%, 125,863 samples	790x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples	2,727x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 705,740 samples	2,668x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	2,508x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $53Bench 106%, 546,937 samples	1,378x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples	773x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 54%, 11,709 samples	567x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,637 samples	1,450x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 10,908 samples	565x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 72%, 57,535 samples	532x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,149

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14