MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 96.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 256
91% 161 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 635
67% 536 Pts
64-Core 716
44% 716 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 150
Parallax 128
117% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
858GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 209
Write 166
Mixed 127
124% 167 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 2.06
4K Mixed 0.29
82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 107%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
MC Read 35
MC Write 37.3
MC Mixed 26.4
94% 32.9 GB/s
SC Read 20.8
SC Write 35.4
SC Mixed 28.7
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 53.4
75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,548 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $907
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