MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '23 at 22:58
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$115 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 478 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 1957 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.29 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.2% Poor	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 15.2 24% 24.1 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 24.4 18% 21.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 394 401 461 457 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 481 Mixed 447 SusWrite 415 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 60.8 200% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown INNO115865 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 30.5 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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

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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	2,872x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,222x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	981x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	878x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	216x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	186x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	396x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	226x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	225x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

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