MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	84.9% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 19:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 81.4 2-Core 230 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 430 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 101% 128 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 116 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 260 66 74 74 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 467 Write 396 Mixed 384 SusWrite 101 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 43.9 152% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 249 199% 275 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 118%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 244GB free Firmware: 70WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 857 822 817 815 830 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,352 Write 1,811 Mixed 1,506 SusWrite 882 314% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 70.8 252% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1304 DQ Write 1,055 DQ Mixed 1,145 866% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 276%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 132 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 93.3 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 130 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 89%

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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 $178	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