MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 17:27
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 804 75% 626 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 124 Parallax 113 101% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 89 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4217141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -8306466749534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4217141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4217141 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4217141 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 911 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1114 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1114 (F2) Unknown 0 0 980	58% Above average	Read 194 Write 120 Mixed 139 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 14.5 127% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 42.2 61% 114 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM3320613AS 320GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 274GB free Firmware: MC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107798759 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60479041 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1771 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 31 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 588972064 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 34 107798759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97147865265412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1461585308 (F2) Unknown 100 253 300255357	62% Good	Read 104 Write 112 Mixed 109 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.56 121% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 187GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117521137 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96339993 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2763 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 555286558 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 35 117521137 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124622771089852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3888743110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92340574	57.4% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 99.8 Mixed 96.9 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.68 134% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 185GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3787 (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 88 88 4871 (0A) Spinup retry count 175 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2460 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 86176 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249109086237 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2503 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 79.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 72.1 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.16 41% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 173GB free Firmware: AM002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2781 (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 96 96 1928 (0A) Spinup retry count 155 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7405681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39000 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 538574880 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 74.2 Write 84.6 Mixed 92.1 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 95%

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Gaming 89%

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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