MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.7% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 13:26
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 198 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 802 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 84% 107 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 248 253 307 227 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 422 Mixed 319 SusWrite 281 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 39.7 148% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 165 156% 240 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 342GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 429 487 493 494 493 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 414 Mixed 374 SusWrite 478 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 46.5 162% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 308GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1257 849 852 850 846 853 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 2,011 Mixed 1,704 SusWrite 918 369% 1,642 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 76.5 270% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,484 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 1,303 986% 1,330 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 284%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 885GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 106 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 105 126% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,557 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $899

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