MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	87.6% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 05:52
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 602 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 79.8 54% 68.6 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 77.1 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9285 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2781 (B1) Unknown 87 87 151 (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 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28933750083	87.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 280 Mixed 308 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 24.5 133% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 68.7 102% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 254GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235404488 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64157324 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 571539490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115426 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 34359738402 (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 107988362727689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26452267427 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36913800487	90.2% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 162 Mixed 142 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 761GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 104 Write 95.9 Mixed 71.5 113% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%

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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	2,823x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

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	388x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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