MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.6% 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	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 20:55
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 610 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 117 102% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 108 72 275 55 81 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 834 Write 579 Mixed 577 SusWrite 167 120% 539 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.3 166% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 326 274% 387 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 157 166 166 164 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 164 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
EDGE DiskGO 4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4 4.2 4.1 4 4.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 3.8 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4 9% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 4x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.6 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 120%

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

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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	2,871x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,222x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	980x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	878x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	216x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	186x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	396x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	226x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	225x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

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