MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 06:06
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 508 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739); Gigabyte G1 Gaming CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 67.4 66% 75.8 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 74.4 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 73 68 137440264219 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8307	77.8% Very good	Read 516 Write 347 Mixed 356 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 9.03 93% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 9.29 65% 150 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 551GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2324 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2587 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1764 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9790 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 203 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1732 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5383413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1507 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 201864052760 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 365825 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864052760 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 259 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 26 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 37448	48.2% Average	Read 82.6 Write 85.2 Mixed 88.3 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

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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	2,816x
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	863x
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	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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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