MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 07:25
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	55%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 509 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.7 66% 75.6 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 74.1 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 561 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 282792649	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 394 Mixed 404 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 43 174% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 101 132% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 813GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 128 128 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 136 (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 100 100 42 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 770 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 219044053012 (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	75.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 127 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 57GB free Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72214656 (03) Spinup time 95 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 30 28 9586430951515 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 121 (BC) Unknown 100 99 19 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 393 (BE) vendor-specific 75 43 185104269337 (C2) HDA temperature 25 57 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 72214656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.8% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 62.4 Mixed 57.3 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 139 Write 55.9 Mixed 63.7 94% 86 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.91 120% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 28.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 28.8 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 104%

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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	2,818x
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 $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 $178	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