MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 142 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 781 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 87% 106 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 90 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 186GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5336 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1267 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 20 (AE) Unknown 99 99 203 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 749 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16609442 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2906 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2848 (F9) Unknown 99 99 5120	87.1% Excellent	Read 517 Write 300 Mixed 366 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 22.1 154% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 21.6 35% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10528836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 18305150619999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 53 64427982877 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 64427982877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10528836 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10528836 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10528836 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7290 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10639 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10639 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9384	64.5% Good	Read 463 Write 192 Mixed 255 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 12.9 109% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 11.2 26% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 84%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 145GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5336 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1270 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 22 (AE) Unknown 99 99 208 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 788 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16592665 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3224 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4453 (F9) Unknown 99 99 5632	103% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 296 Mixed 366 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 33.7 165% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 110 143% 260 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 14745712 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17474909 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30681 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79388175497433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13139740100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 149715823736	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 182 Mixed 172 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Verbatim USB External SSD 253GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 229GB free, PID 0246 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 80%

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

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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 $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