MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 02:27
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 590 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 201 Parallax 194 151% 193 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 217 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 43 184685297697 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 491 Write 343 Mixed 350 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 12.8 108% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 44.1 101% 212 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 105%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3263659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 68771016349887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 49 38657916958 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 38657916958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3263659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3263659 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3263659 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2218 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2394 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2394 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11563 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1638415	57.3% Above average	Read 424 Write 123 Mixed 174 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 9.12 98% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 10.7 39% 84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7386213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 3264175159624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 133 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 49 1013615493152 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 1013615493152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7386213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7386213 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7386213 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12699 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8529 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8529 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9771	32.1% Below average	Read 154 Write 82.4 Mixed 102 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 7.39 66% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 6.1 17% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33.6 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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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	2,813x
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	957x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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