MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180629
Uptime35.1 Days
Run DateJun 23 '19 at 21:46
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700T
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 86
1-Core 107
2-Core 218
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 601
64% 512 Pts
64-Core 606
38% 606 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
6.41% Terrible
Lighting 6.63
Reflection 10.1
Parallax 7.41
5% 8.04 fps
MRender 7.24
Gravity 6.57
Splatting 14.8
8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.41%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
413GB free
Firmware: 4L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1685 905 621 598 600 599 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 1,701
Write 1,511
Mixed 1,168
SusWrite 834
292% 1,304 MB/s
4K Read 57.6
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 72.1
249% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 942
DQ Write 793
DQ Mixed 858
645% 864 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 235%
Great: 296%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JF3OA0E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 71 75 71 56 79 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
48% Average
Read 96.1
Write 99.5
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 71.2
59% 80.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 48%
Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 169 172 172 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 101
Write 138
Mixed 65.1
SusWrite 168
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
41.8% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 10.9
39% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 13.4
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 41.8%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $898
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