MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years 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%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 604 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 126 102% 124 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 122 Splatting 99 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test 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: 178% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 112 120 106 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 26 38 21 12 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 86%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 112GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 151 38 68 38 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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: 98%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 337GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 427 425 429 431 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	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: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16