MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	68.7% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 04:33
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 809 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8611758370 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 307 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 38 163209740316 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 352191971410 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1233 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2115 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1505 (F2) Unknown 253 253 961 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 485 Write 140 Mixed 169 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 15.4 100% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 10.7 76% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 549GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 87 74889821 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 623 (05) Reallocated sector count 83 83 715 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1589646105052 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4999 (BC) Unknown 100 98 81605623827 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 30 74889821 (C5) Current pending sector count 93 91 307 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 93 91 307 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64136746608100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1939738521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3253884558	58.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 96.9 Mixed 94 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.57 117% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2300 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,816x
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 $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 $179	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