MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 08:24
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 769 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 65.7 62% 72.7 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 75 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 760528333	97.6% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 26.9 153% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 26.5 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 311GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44680568 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 8595638022 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065690 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 73519267866 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6777 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 64424509466 (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 -96031173770851 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12723016937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10995448759	75% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 93.8 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 7.72 4K Mixed 0.6 242% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 69GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 98 96233514 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 62 62 39002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 801118349 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5709 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065687 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 521732126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1003 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109331 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 25769803806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 44 96233514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	28.4% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 48.7 Mixed 48.5 37% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,815x
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	863x
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	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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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