MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% 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	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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$56 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 240 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 380 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B6) 2GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 30.3 21% 29 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 33.9 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 1,126 Mixed 949 303% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.9 176% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 121 189% 360 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 185%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 779GB free Firmware: 12.01D04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 234 220 7266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21134 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.5 Mixed 90.7 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 67%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 461GB free Firmware: GP006B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 12315 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19057 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2063 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1122155 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634053149 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 45 (DE) Loaded hours 82 82 7382 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 330 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	42.8% Average	Read 72.8 Write 76.2 Mixed 67 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 465GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 91.3 Mixed 71.8 104% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 29 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 95%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $899

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