MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	26.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 525 71% 527 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.3 66% 75.8 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 12051658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -127294240708143 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2796 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 22 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12051658 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12051658 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12051658 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22235 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18275 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18275 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17051	70.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 122 Mixed 180 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 16.3 126% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 41.1 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 356GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78275656 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4359913898 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2794 (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 75 66 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94992 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 8589934617 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -33393370719967 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -36618053157257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -130022184744398	70.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 136 Mixed 99.1 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 114%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 4GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 6.72 Mixed 5.83 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.64 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 25% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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) $30	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