MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	98.2% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 796 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 117% 142 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28958 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 511 (B1) Unknown 89 89 383 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47102270882	98.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 437 Mixed 465 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 24.1 147% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 48 74% 131 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2TB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106869603 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 205611216 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 43918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 906 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3853279997 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 524320 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 487784476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 18 106869603 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 114 Write 96.1 Mixed 93.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.52 122% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 484GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195401272 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33427323 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 521338908 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59036 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 73014444060 (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 -17416092379543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21178207155 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140273340716	80% Very good	Read 124 Write 155 Mixed 145 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.6 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 105%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

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 $273	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 $186	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