MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '17 at 16:02
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.2
1-Core 152
2-Core 305
100% 184 Pts
4-Core 601
8-Core 600
80% 600 Pts
64-Core 606
38% 606 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4749
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.49% Terrible
Lighting 7.77
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 7.59
6% 8.97 fps
MRender 10.8
Gravity 7.27
Splatting 16
10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.49%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
908GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 170
Mixed 160
131% 174 MB/s
4K Read 0.99
4K Write 2.66
4K Mixed 0.3
124% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 104%
Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 16GB
11GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 146
Write 99,891
80,475% 50,018 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 29%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
72.4% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 21.4
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 22.4
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 61.6
65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,554 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $907
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HDDRAMUSB
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