MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	278% 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	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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 603 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2616 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 124 104% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 206GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 439 431 451 447 443 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 445 Mixed 371 SusWrite 438 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 53.7 177% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1083 848 843 851 849 852 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,210 Write 2,090 Mixed 1,660 SusWrite 888 384% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 80.6 257% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,360 DQ Write 1127 DQ Mixed 1,109 867% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 186 187 187 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 107 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 182 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 9.3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 14.7 16% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 42.3 51% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 95%

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,548 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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