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MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 23:50
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$135 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 543 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 84 Parallax 77.4 76% 84.8 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 66.5 62% 77.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$38 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 69GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 413 431 405 448 456 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 460 Mixed 444 SusWrite 423 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 42.3 137% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 134 100% 134 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$50 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 107 99 79 73 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 85 SusWrite 104 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD KHX2133C14D4/4G 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,862 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 $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,982x
Core i5-7600KIntel $135Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,245x
Core i7-7700Intel $130Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	534x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	907x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	843x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	278x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	219x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	193x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	408x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	232x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	230x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $376	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $250	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350