MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 19:49
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 703 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 2742) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 9.12 7% 8.74 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 12 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.89 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 372 Mixed 350 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 52.7 186% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 250 204% 288 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Team T253LE120G 120GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 0GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 365 Mixed 341 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 40.6 166% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 195 172% 256 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Sandisk SC032G 32GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 30GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 76 57 35 37 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 349 Write 90.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 54.2 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 8.7 32% 9.87 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 16.2 14% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 179 184 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 181 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 609GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 148 155 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 64.3 Write 71.7 Mixed 64 SusWrite 151 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 43% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 90%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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%

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