MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.4% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 321 106% 193 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 905 90% 735 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.6 65% 77.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 76.8 62% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6729 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4398 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 777 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27216335140	76.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 386 Mixed 450 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 16.5 103% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 16.8 23% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 312 Write 473 Mixed 222 249% 336 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 4.53 4K Mixed 0.44 245% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 307%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 901GB free Firmware: GKAOAG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 151 151 30101668201 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1204 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 240519086114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 81 Write 83.2 Mixed 80.7 62% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.48 127% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 28GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 135 Write 44 Mixed 66.4 89% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 1.06 110% 6.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2754, 2754, 2754 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 26.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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