MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 09:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 801 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 203 Parallax 175 141% 184 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 594GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1287 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 101 (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 53 39 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4556856703	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 396 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.8 195% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 131 131% 207 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8675601515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 67508295967524 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1431 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 325 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 55837458465 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 55837458465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 8675601515 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 8675601515 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 8675601515 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15437 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9769 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9769 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6467	59.2% Above average	Read 400 Write 107 Mixed 131 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 11.3 115% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 80.5 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 30.7 41% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 69.2 116% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,828x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	519x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16