MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 18:28
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 263 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 512 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 196 147% 191 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 188 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 102GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 302 316 318 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 442 Mixed 426 SusWrite 320 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 588GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 173 190 189 191 190 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 104 Write 34.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 185 65% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 2 350% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 641GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 115 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 110 Write 91.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 116 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 110%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 72GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 79 Write 79 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 78.4 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 55%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB-$46 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.6 8.2 19 24 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 23.8 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 15.9 30% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 38%
Samsung M3 Station 3 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 78GB free, PID 6111 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 135 138 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 133 Write 43.5 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 138 123% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 150% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 86%

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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	2,827x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16