MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 24 months ago, 24 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 18:42
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 477 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 112 Parallax 115 94% 114 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.7 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 258 237 229 233 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 346 Mixed 312 SusWrite 238 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 45.8 174% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 174 170% 270 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free Firmware: S0509A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 129 53 74 42 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 429 Mixed 422 SusWrite 111 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 38.7 191% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 56.8 101% 196 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.9 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 31.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 98%

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,841x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	969x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	222x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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