MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	85.1% 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

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 12:03
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 631 84% 631 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 49GB 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 6265 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4016 (B1) Unknown 96 96 114 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 558 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24550087748	85.1% Excellent	Read 513 Write 377 Mixed 410 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 25 109% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 73 87% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 743GB 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 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 115 115 34396701319 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (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 58107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 714 (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	46.1% Average	Read 79.1 Write 81.4 Mixed 82.5 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 465GB 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 118 99 176104768 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25905360831 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2062 (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 100 100 593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53809 (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 -105681965278805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38047255035 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50493494017	73.5% Very good	Read 163 Write 92.2 Mixed 102 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.22 4K Mixed 0.3 136% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 145746408 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35100074 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (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 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1909 (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	43.1% Average	Read 75.6 Write 74.9 Mixed 69.2 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.19 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,850x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,216x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	524x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	973x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	872x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	213x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	224x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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