MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 19:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 629 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% PNY(196E 1397) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3528 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 105 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 92.5 85% 94.5 fps	MRender 84.3 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 68 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 864 Write 572 Mixed 589 149% 675 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.3 162% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 323 268% 376 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$129 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 446GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 429 434 453 444 449 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 447 Mixed 407 SusWrite 440 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 42.5 144% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 262 198% 261 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 124 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 85.7 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 124 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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