MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	107% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 02:59
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 778 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.2 84% 105 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (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 100 100 193 (C2) HDA temperature 67 42 249109217313	67.6% Good	Read 504 Write 246 Mixed 165 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 7.22 84% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 34.2 70% 150 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 89%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 358 Mixed 465 112% 508 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 22.7 160% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 22.9 81% 170 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 121 Mixed 111 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 7.43 4K Mixed 0.85 268% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842209 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 150325166111 (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	84.2% Excellent	Read 165 Write 129 Mixed 71.9 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.13 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%
H/W RAID 1 3TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 600GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 96.3 Mixed 92.4 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.45 115% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 97%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.63% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 6.22 Mixed 9.56 13% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.88 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.63% Great: 6%

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 (58^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
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	207x
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: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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