MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics104% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMay 22 '21 at 10:43
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 232
89% 154 Pts
4-Core 511
8-Core 482
67% 496 Pts
64-Core 539
33% 539 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 114
Parallax 132
102% 124 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 124
Splatting 105
109% 138 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 51 58 29 30 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
18.8% Very poor
Read 20.9
Write 84.5
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 44.3
34% 45.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 18.8%
Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB
707GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 126 124 122 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
59.8% Above average
Read 84.7
Write 137
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 123
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.7
195% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 59.8%
Great: 66%
PNY U3 250GB
141GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 306 313 312 312 307 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 372
Write 372
Mixed 338
SusWrite 316
474% 350 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 25.2
1,810% 24.6 MB/s
DQ Read 26.2
DQ Write 28.2
DQ Mixed 26.3
1,951% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 207%
Great: 207%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
MC Read 33.8
MC Write 36.3
MC Mixed 28.6
94% 32.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 26.5
85% 29.8 GB/s
Latency 55.7
72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,582 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $676
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HDDRAMUSB
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