MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 21:16
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 590 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$250 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% PNY(196E 1397) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 105 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 102 86% 98 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 67 63% 78.9 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.1% 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% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 799 Write 574 Mixed 537 141% 637 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 40.7 146% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 316 265% 376 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$100 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 446GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 23 395 446 441 446 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 484 Write 438 Mixed 395 SusWrite 303 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 41.9 139% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 0.6 50% 126 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 123 125 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 128 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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 (44^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.9% 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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,847x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,216x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	971x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	872x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

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	224x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $706

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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