MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	72.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 23:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 754 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 197 Parallax 198 144% 191 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 174 174 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 171799740448 (F1) Unknown 100 100 701398	72.9% Very good	Read 510 Write 66.1 Mixed 13.5 41% 196 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 12.5 122% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 2.08 88% 211 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 729GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789595948 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 366 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176094642208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 157 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,818x
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	864x
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 $40Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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