MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, 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 Drive210% 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.
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)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 08 '18 at 00:40
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 220
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 431
57% 429 Pts
64-Core 434
27% 434 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 153
Parallax 132
117% 143 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 137
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
375GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 613 430 429 429 723 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
210% Outstanding
Read 1,526
Write 754
Mixed 1,174
SusWrite 613
226% 1,017 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 65.8
226% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 872
DQ Write 994
DQ Mixed 750
615% 872 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 210%
Great: 216%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 40
MC Write 47.4
MC Mixed 33.3
115% 40.2 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 37.4
SC Mixed 28.7
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 51.4
78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 110%
Great: 123%

 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 6,566 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: $898
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