MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 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% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 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 29 '18 at 16:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 897 97% 772 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 75.8 70% 83.1 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 82.5 67% 81.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6659 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4288 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 703 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25457659003	71.3% Very good	Read 513 Write 361 Mixed 378 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 13.4 92% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 15.1 21% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 735GB free Firmware: AG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 139 139 55869374940 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1110 (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 58497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1136 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 240519086115 (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	99.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 165 Mixed 172 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.76 4K Write 3.39 4K Mixed 0.58 200% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 735GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178989688 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25907524120 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2330 (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 73 53 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57407 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (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 -35489314760091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39806961428 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51897497712	95% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 171 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.83 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.52 189% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216734968 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35577580 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1784 (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 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2343 (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	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 93.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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% 2727, 2727, 2727 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,834x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	964x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16