MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 08:17
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 142 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 771 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 57.1 54% 63.2 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 66.8 55% 66.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 430GB 429GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1211A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2485 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23506 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11642 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9940	98.4% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 419 Mixed 442 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 28.6 155% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 31.1 72% 139 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%
Hitachi HCS721010CLA332 1TB 407 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 75GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 655367 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25791103301 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 61978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1375 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15509 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 257698889771 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 194565	59.3% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 116 Mixed 98 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 77%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 29GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 4975 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 3 70983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 800 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4614 (C2) HDA temperature 104 82 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 69967 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 83.2 Write 71.6 Mixed 81.3 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 LENOVO 2TB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 16GB free Firmware: MN6OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263908 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8981 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 253404184615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 154	56.9% Above average	Read 114 Write 84.6 Mixed 94.2 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM48GU88A30-FGGHMZ 2x8GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%

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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 $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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Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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