MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive154% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateOct 12 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 131
2-Core 240
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 613
64% 516 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
66.5% Good
Lighting 80.1
Reflection 96.2
Parallax 82.3
65% 86.2 fps
MRender 84
Gravity 82.1
Splatting 85.3
69% 83.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
154% Outstanding
Read 1,352
Write 549
Mixed 687
189% 862 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 43.4
167% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 420
DQ Mixed 96.7
141% 258 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 154%
Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 166
Mixed 162
127% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 1.94
4K Mixed 0.25
97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57.6% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 18.5
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 17.8
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 94%

 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%
Aircraft carrier
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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