MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 07:04
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 704 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 118% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,580 Write 965 Mixed 1,184 344% 1,576 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60 234% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 181 205% 351 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 236%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 35GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 4379452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -64003602638507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1921 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4379452 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4379452 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4379452 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7225 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7225 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8491	50.4% Above average	Read 191 Write 104 Mixed 117 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 13.5 110% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 35.9 48% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149461896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 666658 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 571801633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 90194313249 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46016279609399 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1024399935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4584366707	92.2% Outstanding	Read 114 Write 207 Mixed 133 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.63 199% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 110%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 660GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 353373 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180388823068 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	54.1% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 93.8 Mixed 93.7 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 262GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12192 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17232 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4325 (BB) vendor-specific 71 71 30 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 31 (C2) HDA temperature 145 91 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 96122 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 58	30.8% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 51.5 Mixed 67.6 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 4x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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