MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 727 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 74 63% 76.2 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 74.2 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 412 396 427 424 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 978 Write 701 Mixed 528 SusWrite 417 146% 656 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 35.8 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 159 146% 235 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 210%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 157GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 406 259 152 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 440 Write 384 Mixed 381 SusWrite 253 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.7 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 305 222% 285 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 726GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 52 53 53 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 89%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16