MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 17:35
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 200 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 410 50% 386 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 52.2 42% 52.2 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 53 Splatting 47 43% 53 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: 3B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 28 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 10 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10044297	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 425 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 40.5 160% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 99.2 111% 185 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th 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 100 100 877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1253 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53324 (A5) Unknown 100 100 109 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 127 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 168908 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 251539 (F2) Unknown 100 100 281415 (F5) Unknown 100 100 426592	67.6% Good	Read 415 Write 347 Mixed 380 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 17.6 94% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 17.5 22% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 907GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 63 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9196 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5749 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18593 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1944 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 257698562077 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 252 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5882	81% Excellent	Read 135 Write 147 Mixed 123 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.65 166% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 135 Write 58.8 Mixed 78.6 103% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.29 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 1.45 162% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 38%

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 below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
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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Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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