MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 867 92% 734 Pts	64-Core 875 54% 875 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% 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: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 83.3 69% 85.4 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 81.9 65% 78.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5679 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3681 (B1) Unknown 97 97 95 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 400 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21545183189	78.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 389 Mixed 431 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 21 87% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 72.7 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 274GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16949184 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25903230115 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1734 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45261 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 60129542170 (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 -5845450483641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37433056130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49384272397	70% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 98.2 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 108GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160118192 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34554043 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1178 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1382 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 71.9 Mixed 72.3 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.18 45% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,844x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16