MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 12 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 21 '24 at 17:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 478 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 87.5 77% 93 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 75 66% 81.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 302 304 305 306 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 310 Mixed 302 SusWrite 303 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 37.8 145% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 243 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 129%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 82GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 83 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 74.7 Write 64.1 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 84.5 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 228GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 88 90 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 89.2 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 103%

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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	67	54	60	24.5"	1280 720	AUS25A4 VG258

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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