MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.6% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 16:35
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 471 56% 432 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 373A) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 71 Parallax 61.4 60% 68.5 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 68 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 256GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 77GB free Firmware: VBM94D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14329 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4386 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 83 (B2) Unknown 87 87 16 (B3) Unknown 98 98 100 (B4) Unknown 98 98 7836 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 87 87 108 (E9) Unknown 82 82 755438613	28.2% Poor	Read 211 Write 79.6 Mixed 87 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 8.54 4K Mixed 6.48 49% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 6.37 8% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 31%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1996 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8817 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 86 86 727 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14413910246864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 259 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1	57.3% Above average	Read 356 Write 141 Mixed 199 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 4.47 98% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 2.61 48% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 172 1608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3296 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 310 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61806 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 99.4 Mixed 91.7 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 50%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 464GB free Firmware: AM0P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1346 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1149 (0A) Spinup retry count 116 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5322 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15676 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454183963 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 995 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 251 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB-$298 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 139GB free Firmware: BBCOC31P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 2752542 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 158 158 51539607553 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 83 83 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2649 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18834 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 309238562844 (C4) Reallocation count 68 68 1851 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.2% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 45.6 Mixed 42.7 34% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 47%

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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	2,820x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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