MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '23 at 05:10
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 110 2-Core 275 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 662 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% XFX(1EAE 6502) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 143 Parallax 231 96% 164 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 119 Splatting 185 142% 173 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: SU5SH018 SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 524 83 164 173 179 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 935 Mixed 912 SusWrite 277 179% 799 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 62.5 216% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 488 375% 500 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 205%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 266GB free Firmware: 02K0S86D SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 329 240 240 239 241 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 441 Mixed 437 SusWrite 276 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 51.1 168% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 58.8 110% 222 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 4x8GB 2,084 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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