MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics112% 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.
Boot Drive96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 03 '19 at 22:30
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 133
2-Core 260
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 518
69% 518 Pts
64-Core 508
32% 508 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 138
Parallax 147
120% 144 fps
MRender 174
Gravity 123
Splatting 99.7
104% 132 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 112%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X31200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 121 124 106 124 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 441
Mixed 273
SusWrite 126
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 48.4
180% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 252
200% 278 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 93%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88
166GB free
Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 834 804 739 672 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 628
Write 757
Mixed 625
SusWrite 679
152% 672 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 58.1
212% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 384
DQ Mixed 307
251% 356 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 149%
Great: 156%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40
84GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 90 91 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
53.5% Above average
Read 95.7
Write 99
Mixed 66
SusWrite 90.6
65% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
73.6% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 22.2
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 23
64% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 61.1
65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 80%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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