MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	119% 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.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 15:34
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 577 74% 558 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.9 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 314 217 207 214 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 471 Mixed 394 SusWrite 259 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 62.9 217% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 904GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 98.3 Write 29.7 Mixed 32.5 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 694GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 56 57 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 173 Write 74.5 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 57.3 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 109%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.2 3 3.1 3.1 3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.38% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 1 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 3 5% 6.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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