MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	102% 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	147% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	42.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '24 at 14:44
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 127 56% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 154 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 13A7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 123 Parallax 123 111% 127 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 92.9 88% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 868 933 1127 1153 1167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,016 Write 902 Mixed 738 SusWrite 963 204% 905 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 35.2 112% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 220 179% 260 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 410%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: CS900Z13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 266 272 335 355 355 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 207 Write 192 Mixed 209 SusWrite 291 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 18.6 69% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 174 136% 187 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 859B BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 029E CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 859B BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 48GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 52: 0P 5R 8G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
52%	12%	137	428	256	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0DF7 SAMSUNG

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,867x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,222x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	978x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	878x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	216x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	186x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	396x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	226x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	225x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $691

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