MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 00:22
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 527 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.6 Parallax 7.9 6% 8.3 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7 Splatting 12 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 360 362 362 362 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 359 Mixed 312 SusWrite 361 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 49.6 193% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 260 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 9TB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 47 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 42.6 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 232% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
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 $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	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: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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