MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 680 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 106 Parallax 97.9 84% 102 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 92.1 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 326 323 328 329 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 1,253 Mixed 912 SusWrite 350 230% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 61.6 236% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 431 391% 587 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 87%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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