MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	222% 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 (15%). 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '24 at 06:33
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 239 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 726 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 107% 125 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.2 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR313 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1174 1071 1089 1122 1016 991 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,872 Write 2,405 Mixed 1,746 SusWrite 1,077 400% 1,775 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 42.9 204% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 204 215% 375 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 394%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 824GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 464 465 471 468 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 450 Mixed 354 SusWrite 465 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 47.8 155% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 247 211% 312 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 609GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 442 450 453 451 447 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 357 Write 432 Mixed 349 SusWrite 445 90% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 50.6 163% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 161 175% 294 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 376GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 134 131 129 134 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 101 Write 178 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 130 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 4x8GB 1,464 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 25.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 92%

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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	69	57	60	31.5"	1920 1017	SAM0D34 C32F391

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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	2,829x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16