MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 13:11
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 471 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 93.6 Parallax 80.4 79% 90.3 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 96.3 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 166 184 182 164 135 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 320 Write 257 Mixed 262 SusWrite 169 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.9 134% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 196 152% 206 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 89%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 206GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 106 Write 99.1 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 62.3 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 319GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 143 146 148 148 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 192 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 143 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 106%
Corsair Slider 3.0 248GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 27GB free, PID 1a06 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 36 35 36 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 109 Write 56.1 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 33.1 65% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.9 132% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,842x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16