MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 18:53
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 229 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 449 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.2 79% 97.8 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 93.8 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 mSATA 128GB 3,217 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUT10101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 300 Write 152 Mixed 222 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 28.3 93% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 198 150% 210 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 173GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 146 150 151 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 131 Write 77.5 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 149 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8.4 8.5 8.7 8.4 8.4 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 60.8 Write 9 Mixed 17 SusWrite 9 24% 24 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 859B CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,828x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
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) $29	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