MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.4%, 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	87.7% 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.

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, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 07:11
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 759 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 101% 129 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 113 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 262 135 270 177 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 458 Write 454 Mixed 317 SusWrite 241 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.3 137% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 139 142% 228 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 301GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 473 468 484 471 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 484 Mixed 401 SusWrite 475 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.5 217% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 504GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1699 1624 1655 1639 1713 878 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2,545 Write 1,636 Mixed 1,278 SusWrite 1,534 390% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 95.2 315% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,216 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 1220 900% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 355%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 875GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 106 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 106 124% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 101%

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

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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	2,834x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	964x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16