MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% 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	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '21 at 15:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 277 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 573 78% 579 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 161 Parallax 124 98% 135 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 109 Splatting 100 102% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 20 51 2.3 41 48 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.4% Poor	Read 180 Write 105 Mixed 173 SusWrite 36.3 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 10.6 53% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 95.4 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 15.3 20% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 96%
P4-480 480GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 94GB free Firmware: SN3060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 427 429 441 444 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 444 Mixed 387 SusWrite 437 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48 182% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 199 159% 219 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 35GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 75.4 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 49.4 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 126 166 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 145 Mixed 96.4 SusWrite 145 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C16D4/16GX 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,827x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16