MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	24% 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	99.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	24%

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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 519 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 048F) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 33 Parallax 34.6 23% 32 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 26 Splatting 35.3 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3812 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 490 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655397 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4066	99.2% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 467 Mixed 487 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.7 125% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 63.3 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 102%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 5GB free Firmware: ZM100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6080 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12386 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3581 (BE) vendor-specific 142 82 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 82 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2987 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 95 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	18% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 32.4 Mixed 31.5 24% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY2400D464L15/8G 1x8GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 48%

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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