MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 00:25
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 244 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 400 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 126 110% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 89 93 86 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 453 Write 49.5 Mixed 154 SusWrite 93.6 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 23.8 119% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 32.4 62% 125 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 71%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 112 111 112 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 111 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 355GB free Firmware: HPP1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 9 14 31 25 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 16 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 19 11% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 65%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1.5TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 75.4 Write 29.4 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 104 39% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 70%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 769GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 180 181 181 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 180 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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