MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 18:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 599 75% 572 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.6% Poor	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 76.6 8% 58.1 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 83 68% 82.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6163 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3968 (B1) Unknown 96 96 112 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 537 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24203479520	80.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 327 Mixed 371 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 24.3 106% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 73.4 87% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 863GB free Firmware: AG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 124 124 55871865387 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 625 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 240519086111 (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	46% Average	Read 79.7 Write 80.1 Mixed 84.3 62% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.45 116% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 270GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72759904 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25904822763 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2014 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 437780504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52478 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110719961917074 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37778141127 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50066314507	65% Good	Read 106 Write 120 Mixed 104 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 0.31 124% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 104GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87817216 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35071460 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1465 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 505151516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1821 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 78.5 Write 71.8 Mixed 74.2 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 95%

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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	2,836x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	965x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16