MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


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 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '18 at 10:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-7700K-$247 712,312 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)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 616 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.3 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 70 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 151 81 83 92 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 475 Write 405 Mixed 328 SusWrite 132 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 29.4 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 120 116% 189 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 164 169 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 166 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 870GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 34.3 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 36.4 46% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x16GB 14,529 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 53%

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

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,850x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,217x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	524x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	973x
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	213x
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: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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