MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '22 at 17:30
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 495 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.3% Good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 97 Parallax 86.5 70% 89.6 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 75.2 66% 81.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 mSATA 512GB SED 47 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT43D6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 63 60 57 58 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 381 Write 86 Mixed 128 SusWrite 63.4 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 27.6 114% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 118 113% 187 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 117%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 301 291 287 288 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 420 Mixed 374 SusWrite 307 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 42.8 154% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 268% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 51GB free Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,458 Write 1,193 Mixed 750 251% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 50.1 171% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1025 DQ Write 779 DQ Mixed 852 651% 885 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x4GB 959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 27.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,826x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	388x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16