MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 05:57
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 498 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 107% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2339 Write 2,139 Mixed 1,491 442% 1,990 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 74.9 251% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,289 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 1,205 901% 1,201 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Team T2535T120G 120GB 1,793 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free Firmware: Q1205B SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 86 86 79 84 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 464 Write 113 Mixed 191 SusWrite 86.9 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 30.1 141% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 27.5 69% 147 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 173GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 102 99 106 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 91.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 100 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 114%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 153 156 153 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 197 Write 201 Mixed 116 SusWrite 156 223% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 8313 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 8313 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 32GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 100%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,821x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	387x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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