MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	96.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 11:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 211 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 799 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2136 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 84% 108 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 109 61 62 53 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 619 Write 377 Mixed 441 SusWrite 110 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.6 174% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 181 159% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 354GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 171 90 104 144 149 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 185 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 134 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 129 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD1 04CB 04CB 859B CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD1 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
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 $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	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
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 $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 $45	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