MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 02:27
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 733 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 110% 134 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 129 Splatting 101 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$52 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 43 46 45 50 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 62% Great: 105%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 91 92 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 119 Write 80.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 90.8 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 183% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,844x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16