MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	68.8% 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 (18%). 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 01:42
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 422 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 183 Parallax 182 136% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G32MND-2200A 128GB 1,849 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 148 156 150 162 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 451 Write 174 Mixed 217 SusWrite 155 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 23.8 107% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 148 125% 184 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 197 221 215 204 196 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 442 Mixed 365 SusWrite 225 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.6 191% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 691GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 118 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 171 Write 172 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 120 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 95GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 101 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 30 SusWrite 102 69% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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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Value: 68% - Good

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