MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	34.7% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 04:24
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 269 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 583 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.2% 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: 471.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 111 Parallax 128 103% 122 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 51 38 49 11 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 340 Write 144 Mixed 241 SusWrite 32 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 11.1 57% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 15.5 20% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 96%
P4-480 480GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 95GB free Firmware: SN3060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 421 319 308 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 463 Mixed 397 SusWrite 271 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.1 188% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 203 160% 217 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 463GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 76 77 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 92.8 Write 91.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 76.8 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 537GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 74 76 76 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 132 Write 38.5 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 78.9 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C16D4/16GX 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%

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

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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 $40	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