MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 278 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 776 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.1 86% 106 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 103 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1135 506 429 449 478 397 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,123 Write 2,121 Mixed 1,238 SusWrite 566 286% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 75.7 256% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 1,124 DQ Mixed 990 706% 880 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 267%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 633GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 458 457 455 456 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 476 Mixed 286 SusWrite 458 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.4 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 258 218% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 117%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 215GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 369 369 369 370 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 489 Write 343 Mixed 245 SusWrite 367 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 14.3 121% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 88 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 601GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 203 205 203 202 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 161 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 202 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 1,659 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,820x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

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	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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