MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 05:48
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 211 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 575 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.4% Poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 103 16% 55 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 49.7 28% 32.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A5) Unknown 100 100 206168916108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 43 244813135922 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 197570068526 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 412 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1311 (F1) Unknown 253 253 820 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1200 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.6% Above average	Read 480 Write 204 Mixed 248 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 1.1 51% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 0.04 44% 109 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 824GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 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 173 173 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 954 (C2) HDA temperature 98 96 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 165 Mixed 161 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.3 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 8.6 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 83%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,822x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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