MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 21:12
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 426 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 12.8 Reflection 14 Parallax 14.4 10% 13.7 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 12 15% 19.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (A5) Unknown 100 100 837538021661 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 217 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 38 266287972395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 408029364338 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1916 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2666 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2237 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25795 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.3% Good	Read 500 Write 305 Mixed 204 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 4.18 73% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 1.88 59% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4892102231891 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 108 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 46 231928234028 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2684406530841 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6559 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8791 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6637 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1076 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 502 Write 74.8 Mixed 291 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 4.85 77% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 6.06 48% 111 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 911GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 192798 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 12 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3414 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 62452 (BC) Unknown 100 1 7825550084331 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 621871139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4529 (C4) Reallocation count 188 188 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 182 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 190 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 188 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 144 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.35 144% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 674GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1360 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1605 (C2) HDA temperature 101 95 42 (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	95.8% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 149 Mixed 146 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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