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Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 05 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 126
2-Core 238
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 687
64% 533 Pts
64-Core 694
43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑
This bench: 82.3%
 Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 149
Parallax 142
120% 146 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 138
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑
This bench: 110%
 Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 449 287 241 242 242 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 416
Write 476
Mixed 379
SusWrite 316
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 42.8
162% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 325
246% 329 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑
This bench: 100%
 Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
404GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 159 161 161 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 168
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 159
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑
This bench: 95.4%
 Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
50.1% Above average
MC Read 18.5
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 14.1
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑
This bench: 50.1%
 Great: 52%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,557 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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples517x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples958x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples813x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples183x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples219x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $898
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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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