MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% 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	222% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 02:53
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 654 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 88.4 77% 90 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 77.4 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 814 931 937 936 911 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 925 Mixed 904 SusWrite 847 230% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 77.3 278% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 224 284% 487 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 242%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 149GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 305 245 239 241 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,624 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,242 SusWrite 273 293% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 88.5 306% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 497 498% 791 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 271%
Adata SU760 512GB 1,247 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free Firmware: XA001R29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 400 398 399 396 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 393 Mixed 376 SusWrite 398 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.5 190% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 279 212% 287 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 180 180 180 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 175 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 179 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 23.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 120%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,818x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	864x
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	208x
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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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