MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	118% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 13:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$244 158,308 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 97% 171 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 549 75% 551 Pts	64-Core 548 37% 548 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 299,156 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 232 Parallax 152 102% 170 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 138 Splatting 127 108% 126 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$100 56,805 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 189 231 234 234 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 493 Mixed 323 SusWrite 228 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 61.5 216% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 317 250% 348 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 805,985 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 859GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 185 184 186 176 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 139 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 181 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 3x4GB 589 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 95%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $108

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 502,549 samples	3,317x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 158,308 samples	1,611x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 81%, 202,343 samples	512x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 788,376 samples	1,267x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,087,008 samples	1,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,090,662 samples	1,029x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 762,576 samples	465x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 620,644 samples	263x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 52%, 16,772 samples	263x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	537x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 15,487 samples	273x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $79Bench 71%, 77,446 samples	242x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16