MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 07:11
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 541 73% 542 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 80.6 53% 71 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 55.8 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 148 100 148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 54 (A9) Unknown 100 100 156 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 100 274877906995 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 292 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3016 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1912 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2522	66% Good	Read 505 Write 173 Mixed 252 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 3.74 98% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 23.9 63% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 328GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 70 (03) Spinup time 127 100 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 100 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 488898596 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 667 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 667 (C2) HDA temperature 166 115 227634708516 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 174 Mixed 174 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 48%

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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	2,819x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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