MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 251 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 476 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.22% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 7.72 5% 7.07 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.22% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-00000 256GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0100Q 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 99 99 2728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 404 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 99 99 41 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 789 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 59 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16659774 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1853 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5543 (F9) Unknown 99 99 3584	89.1% Excellent	Read 509 Write 272 Mixed 348 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 32.4 125% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 105 136% 244 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 459GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8546112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2416414 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 35 2847606768291 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 605093924 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8630 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 55834574884 (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 1112396530016 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8956198036 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7299400245	81.9% Excellent	Read 165 Write 121 Mixed 126 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 420GB 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 116 99 110618808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 491844443 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131335 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 638713894 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87524 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 51539607590 (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 -92706869067305 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -25104103875283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 104211578413648
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 494GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 129 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12361 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 12GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 86%

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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 $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	520x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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