MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive389% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateMay 09 '22 at 03:30
Run Duration217 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 138
2-Core 259
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 700
70% 572 Pts
64-Core 734
46% 734 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 139
Parallax 143
105% 137 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 138
Splatting 117
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016)
223GB free
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 328 134 134 136 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
76% Very good
Read 448
Write 419
Mixed 381
SusWrite 213
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 21.7
117% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 33.1
82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76%
Great: 70%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2322 2350 2322 1800 1462 1450 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
389% Outstanding
Read 2,564
Write 2,447
Mixed 1,785
SusWrite 1,951
491% 2,187 MB/s
4K Read 67.1
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 98.6
326% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,636
DQ Write 1,314
DQ Mixed 1,414
1,075% 1,455 MB/s
Poor: 223%
This bench: 389%
Great: 435%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
631GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 174 171 157 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 162
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 165
97% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 27.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,570 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $887
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