MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 04:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 233 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 492 65% 489 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PNY(196E 11C3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 42.2 38% 40.8 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 45 Splatting 39.9 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (A8) Unknown 100 100 124 (AA) Unknown 100 100 52 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031671 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 62 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4015	77.2% Very good	Read 517 Write 337 Mixed 350 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 9.84 106% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 8.17 45% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB-$80 1,187 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 210GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12310688 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8657666057 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 107375951926 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471400476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 33 12310688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 5	58.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 98.4 Mixed 95.2 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 16.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,812x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	516x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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