MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.3% 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 Drive286% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime1 Days
Run DateDec 24 '20 at 06:00
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Memory 96.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 249
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 762
75% 616 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 136
Parallax 124
101% 128 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 126
Splatting 115
95% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90
546GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 1397 1392 692 700 781 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
286% Outstanding
Read 2,437
Write 1,463
Mixed 932
SusWrite 1,024
324% 1,464 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 60.4
232% 90.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1363
DQ Write 1,106
DQ Mixed 1,216
916% 1,228 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 286%
Great: 410%
WD Green 240GB (2016)
185GB free
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 128 131 118 115 134 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Read 450
Write 408
Mixed 321
SusWrite 136
73% 329 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 21.9
124% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 21.5
72% 153 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 70%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231
2.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 102 107 102 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 160
Write 171
Mixed 94.5
SusWrite 103
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.1
292% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3000 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
94.2% Outstanding
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 30.4
96% 33.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 27.8
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 53.2
75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,567 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $887
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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