MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% 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, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '21 at 19:00
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$107 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 (86^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 120 2-Core 205 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 419 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 83.7 74% 88.5 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 70.7 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 47 7.2 45 51 44 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 165 Write 102 Mixed 296 SusWrite 64.3 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 27.6 127% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 162 151% 231 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% 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 452 Write 411 Mixed 355 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 48.5 171% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 256 213% 307 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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 12.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 72%

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

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,846x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,216x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	971x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	872x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $706

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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