MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	83.8% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 17:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 803 73% 615 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% 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: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 76.4 69% 83.2 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 79 66% 80.4 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% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6177 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3978 (B1) Unknown 96 96 112 (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 99 543 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24268650895	83.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 388 Mixed 395 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 23.3 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 70.4 84% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 786GB free Firmware: AG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 136 136 55868326397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 642 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519086118 (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	46.3% Average	Read 79.4 Write 81.5 Mixed 81.4 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.53 126% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 462GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27667448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25904943613 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2024 (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 70 53 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52658 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 60129542174 (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 24313809869175 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37800301339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50244667457	85.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 147 Mixed 152 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.43 4K Mixed 0.4 154% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 104GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125004312 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35088472 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1475 (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 521404446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1838 (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	43.8% Average	Read 76.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 69.1 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.18 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2700, 2700, 2700 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 95%

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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	2,841x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	969x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

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	222x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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