MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.06% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 03:13
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 797 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 9.34 7% 9.99 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,581 Write 2,308 Mixed 1,552 477% 2,147 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 89.5 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,232 DQ Write 1,119 DQ Mixed 1,165 877% 1,172 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,386 Write 9,712 Mixed 7,592 1,848% 8,230 MB/s	4K Read 491 4K Write 432 4K Mixed 400 1,485% 441 MB/s	DQ Read 1,504 DQ Write 1,332 DQ Mixed 1,404 1,057% 1,414 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 167 Write 43.5 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 44 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 106 Write 36.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 39.4 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 86%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 595GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 79 79 80 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 80.3 Write 81.2 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 79.1 96% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 104%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,818x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	864x
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	208x
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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16