MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	261% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	KEN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 681 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 120 98% 120 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 83.1 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 459 406 406 408 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2422 Write 2,116 Mixed 1,406 SusWrite 440 355% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 84.8 290% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 1,154 842% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 302%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 319GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 124 125 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 168 Mixed 104 SusWrite 125 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 132 128 137 132 136 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 175 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 135 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 859B CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD2 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 70%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,831x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	962x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16