MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 22:21
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 418 68% 485 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2083 Write 1,520 Mixed 818 324% 1,473 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 70.5 280% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1272 DQ Write 1,243 DQ Mixed 834 743% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 381 416 269 422 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 363 Mixed 314 SusWrite 365 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 65.1 108% 207 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 198 199 199 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 154 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 197 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 309GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 176 176 175 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 132 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 174 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%
Generic Mass-Storage 32GB 2,578 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 12 11 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 15 Write 18.7 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 11.6 21% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 4.1 300% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32.9 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,585 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,828x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	520x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16