MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	277% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 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	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 01:23
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 596 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99% 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 (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.91 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% 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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 93% 108 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 427GB 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 100 100 120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17503 (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 5908 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (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 43092 (F2) Unknown 100 100 126463	99.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 421 Mixed 457 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 27.1 142% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 22.4 80% 174 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,620 Write 1,281 Mixed 1,369 386% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 46.2 241% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 32.8 158% 361 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 254%
Toshiba MK2565GSX 250GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 171GB free Firmware: GJ003A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1118 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1519 (0A) Spinup retry count 122 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1123 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5869 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227633987616 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 89 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1085 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 305 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 14% Great: 40%

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 (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,815x
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 $45Bench 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 $184	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