MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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 Drive	266% 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	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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '20 at 00:03
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 217 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 515 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF4); Aorus RTX 2080S CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 152 Parallax 159 130% 157 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 138 Splatting 102 110% 140 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 900GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 1261 1396 1132 1138 1133 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,799 Mixed 1,412 SusWrite 1,220 360% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.1 206% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 1,058 798% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 372%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 223GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 239 176 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 384 Write 376 Mixed 335 SusWrite 183 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 18.1 96% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 34.1 88% 182 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 137 146 146 155 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 178 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 148 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 17.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,824x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	960x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

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	388x
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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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