MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 00:33
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 506 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 210 Parallax 137 112% 161 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 171 Splatting 117 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 228 227 229 221 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,208 Write 1,243 Mixed 499 SusWrite 284 180% 808 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 725 569% 790 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 236%
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 232 Write 101 Mixed 263 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 16.8 95% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 139 123% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 17GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 75 76 85 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 72.7 Write 45.3 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 81.1 43% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 83 85 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.8 Write 77.7 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 82.9 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 109%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 73GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 44 44 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 46.7 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 42.9 33% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9E SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 140 132 131 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 85.2 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 134 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,822x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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