MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 17:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 767 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 173 145% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 172 Splatting 118 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 446GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (64) Unknown 100 100 260896 (65) Unknown 100 100 25952 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 56 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 163210068000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 672 (EA) Unknown 100 100 228 (F1) Unknown 100 100 583 (F2) Unknown 100 100 540 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 256 Mixed 264 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 11.2 92% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 10.4 60% 141 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,895 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,370 411% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 33.4 216% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 242 267% 454 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 254%
Lacie P9233 8TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1053 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 29.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 25.6 23% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.35 293% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 216568856 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 150354 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (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 70 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3268 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 17244293693699 (F1) Unknown 100 253 237160371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107920932	93.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 148 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 115%

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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