MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	291% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 544 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 6.97 6% 8.22 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 112 Parallax 109 93% 112 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,804 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,383 405% 1,845 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 51.8 250% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 215 234% 394 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 380GB free Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 15004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4694 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 35210 (F2) Unknown 100 100 96386	99.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 420 Mixed 449 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 36.4 154% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 41.8 65% 115 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 106%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 7GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 128 Write 12.2 Mixed 6.46 38% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.02 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.7 72% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.9 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 31 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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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	2,819x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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