MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	251% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 02:21
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 551 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 90% 109 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 633 634 603 584 583 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,646 Mixed 635 SusWrite 631 277% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 66.2 256% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 1,191 DQ Mixed 846 719% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 219GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,189 Write 8866 Mixed 8,753 1,997% 8,936 MB/s	4K Read 770 4K Write 326 4K Mixed 446 1,912% 514 MB/s	DQ Read 2,316 DQ Write 1,534 DQ Mixed 1,816 1,384% 1,888 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 240GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 422 433 434 435 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 427 Mixed 312 SusWrite 405 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.4 161% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 52.8 102% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 177 179 180 177 179 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 139 Mixed 83 SusWrite 176 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 190 190 190 188 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 145 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 187 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 33.5 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
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	863x
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 $45Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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