MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.5% 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 Drive	88.1% 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	32GB 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 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 01:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 250 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 713 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 102% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 101 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 231 208 194 164 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 465 Write 385 Mixed 327 SusWrite 218 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 37 139% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 149 154% 250 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 305GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 453 464 474 479 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 475 Mixed 402 SusWrite 466 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.8 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 418GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1279 1326 1412 1442 1498 1455 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,266 Write 1,423 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 1402 352% 1,579 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 85 286% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 1098 DQ Mixed 1,217 894% 1,170 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 355%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 907GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 106 131% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 18.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 101%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
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	957x
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 $160Bench 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: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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