MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 02:45
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 696 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB; EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming 1506/1683 MHz 8GB GDDR5 DX12 OSD Blower Style Cooler Video Card CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 88.1 79% 97.1 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 90.9 75% 91.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 351 Mixed 465 111% 505 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 37.9 166% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 52.6 95% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 583GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464879 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 175 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 154619543578 (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	72.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 159 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.11 48% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 101%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,818x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	864x
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	208x
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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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