MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	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, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '21 at 18:32
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$125 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 450 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 92 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 0.2 75% 61.1 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 70.2 69% 86.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 9.2 48 37 5.9 37 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 337 Write 118 Mixed 308 SusWrite 51.6 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 29.1 124% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 51.1 DQ Mixed 36.1 54% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 100%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 23GB free Firmware: 415000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 426 Mixed 352 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 35.9 154% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 178 170% 268 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%

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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%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,839x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	968x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	391x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	222x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16