MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	86.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 500 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.5 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.9 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 419 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 43 244814381105 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1624153380 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51025728 (F8) Unknown 100 100 20242896 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1947 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 481 Write 336 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 25.7 115% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 46.6 97% 199 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 108 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579650666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 193274904615 (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	64.4% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 108 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 320GB 537 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 298GB free Firmware: PB3AC60W Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 19025 (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 73 73 11840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 18773 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1486058684416 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 240551526543 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 760264 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 176094380061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (FE) Unknown 92 92 8589936860	38.7% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 66.7 51% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 86%

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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	2,831x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	962x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16