MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	276% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 15:11
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 601 78% 589 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.88 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 15.8 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2017 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 94% 113 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.5 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,699 Write 1,376 Mixed 1,458 405% 1,844 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 29.9 214% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 553 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 224 242% 406 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 120GB free Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8522 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 69936 (F2) Unknown 100 100 170795	99.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 422 Mixed 457 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 26.9 140% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 28.2 87% 187 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 106%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 275 Write 311 Mixed 189 192% 258 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.28 4K Mixed 0.34 141% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 236%
External USB 3.0 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 191 Mixed 184 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Toshiba MK2565GSX 250GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: 8104 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 58.8 Mixed 54 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 40%
Samsung HM250HI 250GB-$50 4,831 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 221GB free Firmware: 8104 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 79.9 Write 79.7 Mixed 73.3 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.2 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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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