MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 826 76% 638 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2592 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 158 Parallax 133 116% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apricorn SATAWire 6G 240GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 223GB free Firmware: 1411 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 426 Write 396 Mixed 410 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 5.3 53% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 5.91 41% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 614 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 75 44 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3866664176
Poor: 74% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 583 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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	96.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 152 Mixed 141 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 161 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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	89.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 160 Mixed 140 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 118 Write 122 Mixed 90.9 140% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 515GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 127 Write 95.8 Mixed 58.5 111% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 698 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%

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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	2,821x
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	958x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
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 $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