MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	63.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$241 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 273 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 799 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 88% 112 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11876571 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 69784628634673 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4620 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2182 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 60132229145 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 60132229145 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11876571 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11876571 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11876571 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14454 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9434 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9434 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19542	63.9% Good	Read 434 Write 199 Mixed 240 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 15.2 101% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86.4 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 38.8 51% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 442GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 141 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5704 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17128 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.4% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.45 105% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 27.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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