MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 19:55
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 567 73% 554 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 67.1 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 73.1 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X100 128GB 1,695 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 32GB free Firmware: 10.06.06 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 253 253 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1099 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 25 25 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 2 5260 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 455 Write 309 Mixed 318 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 25 136% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 55.8 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 69 90606052 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 128155 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -54868207206395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 94489280540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 69 90606052 (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 -47467978555389 (F1) Unknown 100 253 366554826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2491588
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2 (C2) HDA temperature 113 112 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 106 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.12 30% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 20 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 134 Mixed 112 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.36 136% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 330GB free Firmware: GN001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 2872 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12024 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 11521 (0A) Spinup retry count 250 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36414 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224380959 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 490 (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 100 100 144 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2300 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 321 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	32.7% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 49.9 Mixed 57.6 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.02 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 268GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 59.4 Mixed 44.2 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 62%
Fujitsu MHY2250BH 250GB-$34 1,194 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 233GB free Firmware: 0085000B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 106532 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 32622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 1670537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1413 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2887 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 100 90 266289283101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1284149 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 -135848732262397 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 44038770130948 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 82428987 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 439840675	23.1% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 28.4 Mixed 40.4 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 30%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 512GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 111 Write 61.1 Mixed 57.4 88% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.09 30% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 187GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 48 Mixed 35.8 56% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 145 Write 104 Mixed 115 150% 121 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.41 4K Mixed 1.42 186% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 2x8GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 78%

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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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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 $15	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