MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.7% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 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	Jun 26 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 163 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 905 97% 772 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 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: 2122 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 72.9 68% 80.4 fps	MRender 76.9 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 79.7 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7049 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4551 (B1) Unknown 96 96 134 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 856 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29081000049	76.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 411 Mixed 447 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 16.1 97% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 16.2 25% 46 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free Firmware: GKAOAG0A 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 122 122 30100095584 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2108 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519086118 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 154 Mixed 151 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127578088 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 276 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1806206 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (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 67 58 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3805 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 85899345953 (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 87308095193226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2651403923 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5285825055	83.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 144 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98032560 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 317361095 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5283 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032839 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12439 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 47244640288 (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 -56032143336505 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -76301450339259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -106114382707133
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73156368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25909745160 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 940 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61611 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (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 -22832046138607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43089422548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53877360556
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2720, 2720, 2720 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 27 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 95%

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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	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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