MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	22.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 02:27
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 279 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 549 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 112 Parallax 144 105% 128 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 115 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 48 48 49 21 10 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.1% Poor	Read 143 Write 96.3 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 53.8 22% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 9.7 44% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 96%
P4-480 480GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 215GB free Firmware: SN3060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 404 439 450 450 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 444 Mixed 393 SusWrite 420 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49.2 183% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 203 156% 208 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 464GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 93.5 Write 90.3 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 76 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 81 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 176 Write 79.8 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 81.2 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C16D4/16GX 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 57%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,839x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	968x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	391x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	222x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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