MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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 Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 102 2-Core 261 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 490 67% 496 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 74.8 80% 89.2 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.9 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 187 184 196 184 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 327 Write 258 Mixed 264 SusWrite 185 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 34.2 148% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 217 159% 206 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 89%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 206GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 62.4 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 319GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 145 149 148 140 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 148 Write 189 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 142 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 106%
Corsair Slider 3.0 248GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 27GB free, PID 1a06 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 35 36 35 33 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 113 Write 66.9 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 33.4 73% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2 136% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,861x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,221x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	977x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	216x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	185x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	395x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	225x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x

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Total price: $692

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