MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 6 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 11:38
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-7600K-$202 55,933 User benchmarks, average bench 95% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	SC Int 123 SC Float 130 SC Mixed 122 100% 125 Pts	QC Int 484 QC Float 514 QC Mixed 492 112% 497 Pts	MC Int 484 MC Float 513 MC Mixed 496 74% 498 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$155 133,084 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Gigabyte(1458 378E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 118 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 118 36% 106 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 82 39% 90.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$36 6,650 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048615 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 72 66 146029936668 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1734 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1709 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2632 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39 (F6) Unknown 100 100 95052	62.3% Good	Read 448 Write 222 Mixed 33.6 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 4.47 83% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 0.78 50% 120 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$44 62,146 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 682GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 185885734 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 276 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16793534 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (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 79 71 353435669 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 276 (C2) HDA temperature 21 12 51539607573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 185885734 (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 -120778775330265 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5808373675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2454043314	100% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 162 Mixed 142 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$103 1,984 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 91%

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 70%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $100

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 100%, 156,048 samples	2,775x
Core i5-7600KIntel $202Bench 95%, 55,933 samples	1,714x
Core i5-7500Intel $192Bench 80%, 27,206 samples	267x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	1,155x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	1,072x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	1,067x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	713x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	371x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 218%, 90,940 samples	245x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 62,017 samples	657x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 2,815 samples	235x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $173Bench 73%, 21,403 samples	212x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12