MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	203% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '23 at 23:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 387 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.6 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1124 894 966 1001 1006 1001 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,277 Write 2019 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 999 319% 1408 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 51.6 157% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 977 719% 950 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 298%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 231GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 238 224 225 224 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 437 Mixed 286 SusWrite 231 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 48.9 168% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 320 252% 348 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 4x4GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	56	60	22"	1280 720	BNQ780E BENQ G2200W

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,823x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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