MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '21 at 02:50
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 407 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.6% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 95 58% 78.3 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 42.3 45% 57.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 451 452 453 465 467 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 454 Mixed 403 SusWrite 454 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 55.4 152% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 39GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 134 134 134 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 449 Write 139 Mixed 160 SusWrite 130 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 20.4 136% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 59.9 94% 186 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 534GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 119 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 140 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 119 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 134 139 138 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 137 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 137 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16.5 Mixed 4.3 9% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 108%

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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	2,823x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
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	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
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 $269	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 $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