MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.91% 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 Drive	293% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '21 at 04:57
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 869 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% 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. 27.20.100.9466 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.47 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 11.9 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.91% 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% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 686 684 686 685 689 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2588 Write 2,349 Mixed 1,578 SusWrite 827 410% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 88.9 288% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,498 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 447 503% 878 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 316 314 315 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 408 SusWrite 333 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 60.9 203% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCM-256M3S 2.5" 7mm 256GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 126GB free Firmware: WRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 336 335 335 306 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 335 Mixed 285 SusWrite 329 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 36.1 130% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 196 170% 251 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 24.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	6	100	27"	1169 636	GSM5B7F 27GL850

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	516x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
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: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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