MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 16:10
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 815 94% 733 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 86 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 76.5 70% 83.3 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 82.9 67% 81.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6474 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4224 (B1) Unknown 96 96 129 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 670 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25169831056	78.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 356 Mixed 384 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 15.5 96% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 15.4 57% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 737GB free Firmware: AG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 144 144 47277801934 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1027 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1027 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519086118 (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	45.8% Average	Read 78.6 Write 80.9 Mixed 80.3 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.42 111% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 419GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138289560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25906158892 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55699 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 60129542173 (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 -69050189211118 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38475076170 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50753497174	65.2% Good	Read 127 Write 99 Mixed 87 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.77 4K Mixed 0.3 132% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 103GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37567936 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35407498 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1721 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 746 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2241 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 68719476766 (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	44.8% Average	Read 78 Write 78.4 Mixed 77.9 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2703, 2703, 2703 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 27.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 95%

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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	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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