MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	72.5% 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.

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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 10:17
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$242 712,312 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)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 796 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2705 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 133 113% 141 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3645 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201864642590 (F1) Unknown 100 100 297445	72.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 342 Mixed 344 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 9.14 87% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 8.89 50% 111 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 26GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897681597 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3986 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 4314565617 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471597084 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4383 (C2) HDA temperature 214 133 193273987100 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.6% Average	Read 109 Write 63.4 Mixed 75.1 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2669 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

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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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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