MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% 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 Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 02:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 242 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 666 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.2 80% 98.6 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 95.3 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 95 94 77 91 95 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.9% Good	Read 267 Write 216 Mixed 212 SusWrite 98.2 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.9 144% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 143 120% 172 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 84%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 19GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 198 169 178 192 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 363 Write 217 Mixed 243 SusWrite 188 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 37.8 163% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 169 145% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 446GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 95 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 157 Write 150 Mixed 84 SusWrite 94.5 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 216GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 80.4 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 24.7 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 89%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
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	208x
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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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