MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	114% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 04:19
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 258 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 792 73% 612 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 117% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 291 262 239 225 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 463 Mixed 360 SusWrite 261 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.7 202% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 331 254% 346 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 735GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 482 491 492 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 486 Mixed 401 SusWrite 487 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.6 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB 297GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 482 491 467 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 453 Mixed 416 SusWrite 426 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.7 197% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,834x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	964x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16