MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	335% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 00:04
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 526 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 126 Parallax 126 107% 128 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1802 936 621 621 621 624 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 2,310 Mixed 1341 SusWrite 871 396% 1,774 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 96 332% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,828 DQ Write 1,587 DQ Mixed 1,641 1,248% 1,685 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 459 440 435 407 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 490 Mixed 419 SusWrite 439 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.8 204% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 159 128% 185 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 835GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 66 SusWrite 110 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2.2 400% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 192 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 193 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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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	2,819x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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