MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.3% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '23 at 02:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 196 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 600 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 100% 129 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 23,579 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,781 Write 1,737 Mixed 1,313 359% 1,610 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 54.3 184% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 761 552% 722 MB/s
Poor: 147% Great: 271%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 141 143 143 143 141 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 154 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 141 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 107%
ASolid USB 126GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 103GB free, PID 205a Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 32 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 172 Write 31 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 29.6 73% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 126% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4B8G2J3000K15K 2x8GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 29: 0P 1R 3G 15B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
29%	25%	75	199	40	144	27"	2560 1440	HKC2711 27E1QA

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Gaming 89%

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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 $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