MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive22.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170407
Uptime9.8 Days
Run DateMar 24 '20 at 02:06
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 136
2-Core 240
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 654
67% 540 Pts
64-Core 592
37% 592 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.5% Very good
Lighting 81.8
Reflection 174
Parallax 156
67% 137 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 151
Splatting 111
102% 125 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PH4-CE240 240GB
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 4.5 111 65 21 39 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
22.4% Poor
Read 441
Write 274
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 58.8
43% 198 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.4
4% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
149GB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 82 92 93 94 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 150
Write 131
Mixed 23
SusWrite 91.8
71% 98.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.3% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 20.5
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 17.7
52% 18 GB/s
Latency 72.8
55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,600 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $684
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