MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 18:51
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 511 63% 482 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.3 33% 36.4 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 37.1 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 771GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 183847848 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3236844 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 436994074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3282 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 42949672986 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97886599643337 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2117572227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10893106794	99.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 171 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191382920 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 588664042101 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4903 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 99 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 470614043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51811 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 101 Mixed 83.9 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.38 156% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x8GB 7,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 45%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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