MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	84.5% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 302 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 812 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 74.7 69% 82.3 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 83 65% 79 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% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6178 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3983 (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 99 547 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24295001010	84.5% Excellent	Read 514 Write 389 Mixed 387 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 24.1 105% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 70.9 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 132 132 42987749851 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 628 (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 58020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 654 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 654 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 240519086116 (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	46.7% Average	Read 80.5 Write 82 Mixed 83.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 462GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33857832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25904973613 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2029 (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 72 53 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52680 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 60129542172 (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 -116123030775432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37807545619 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50248799291	72.8% Very good	Read 109 Write 145 Mixed 126 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.25 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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 128366360 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35090763 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (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 69 51 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1850 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 68719476767 (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	43.7% Average	Read 77.4 Write 75.1 Mixed 72.2 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.7% 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 as expected (48^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 95%

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

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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	2,844x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	871x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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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 $124	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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