MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% 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	238% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 151 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 425 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 130 Parallax 136 119% 137 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 965 1181 1336 1346 1327 1158 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 1,364 Mixed 1017 SusWrite 1,219 283% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 72.2 244% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 273 319% 549 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD2 Kingston KHX2400C15/16G 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.6% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,826x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	388x
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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16