MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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.
Boot Drive	90.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 16:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 245 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 444 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 381A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 221 109% 156 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 159 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 414 306 249 240 255 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 437 Mixed 368 SusWrite 310 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 36.1 136% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 320 244% 329 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$32 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 124 128 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 67 Mixed 76 SusWrite 127 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 712GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 16 20 22 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 24.5 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 20 16% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GVR 859B BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
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	207x
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: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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