MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% 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 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 87.2%, 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 21:25
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 258 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 742 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% 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 124 Reflection 123 Parallax 124 102% 124 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 121 Splatting 98.8 104% 131 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% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,394 Write 1,777 Mixed 1,828 444% 1,999 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 93.1 310% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1386 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 1,281 963% 1,288 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 128 122 123 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 396 Write 142 Mixed 171 SusWrite 123 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36.5 155% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 122 101% 144 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 26 14 24 40 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26% Poor	Read 461 Write 32.5 Mixed 5 SusWrite 26.6 28% 131 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.2 22% 5.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 86%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 87GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 426 206 37 103 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 410 Write 403 Mixed 374 SusWrite 205 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 44.1 154% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 215 182% 263 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 98%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 306GB free Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 421 417 422 422 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 207 Write 103 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 420 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 11.6 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 216 144% 163 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.3% 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 as expected (58^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16