MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.9% 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 Drive264% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180629
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 07 '20 at 09:26
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 88.8
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 504
68% 506 Pts
64-Core 508
31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Gigabyte(1458 3795) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 140
Parallax 131
102% 132 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 123
Splatting 106
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 1231 1649 718 813 535 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
264% Outstanding
Read 1,683
Write 1,697
Mixed 1,272
SusWrite 990
317% 1,410 MB/s
4K Read 65.5
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 89.3
306% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 1,069
DQ Mixed 349
423% 728 MB/s
Poor: 118%
This bench: 264%
Great: 277%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 89 89 88 89 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 93
Write 83.6
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 87.6
60% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 27.3
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 34.6
SC Mixed 25.3
75% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $898
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HDDRAMUSB
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