MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	81% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 457 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% 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 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 66.5 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 70 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 253GB 1,829 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225L Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A0) Unknown 100 100 1 (A1) Unknown 100 100 76 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44128 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 136854 (F2) Unknown 100 100 128296 (F5) Unknown 100 100 353024	98% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 412 Mixed 445 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 38.9 139% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 64.6 92% 171 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160120088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 54 1289093421416 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 245385199646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32701 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 73014444062 (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 52089363384765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -73538211696003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -1138031499121	89.9% Excellent	Read 180 Write 134 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	516x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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: $907

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