MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.9% 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	62.6% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 784 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 37.3 37% 37.8 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 41 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (A5) Unknown 100 100 720903 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 57 184683593771 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590065666 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19 (EA) Unknown 100 100 32 (F1) Unknown 253 253 29 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 520 Write 183 Mixed 324 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 6.55 99% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 5.23 22% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227290504 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184348331 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (B4) Unknown 100 100 694175024 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50723 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 30064771102 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 183 Mixed 176 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 3.66 Mixed 9 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.83 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FBD 2x8GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 23.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 97%

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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	2,812x
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 $275	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