MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 372 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 97.6 80% 99.4 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 90.5 74% 89.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 166 196 189 160 149 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 273 Write 310 Mixed 227 SusWrite 175 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 21.4 86% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 103 87% 129 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 474GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 155 154 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 174 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 157 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

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

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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	2,823x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16