MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

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	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 899 96% 763 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% 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: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 76.6 70% 83.6 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 79.3 66% 81 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6560 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4260 (B1) Unknown 96 96 131 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 689 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25292980684	72.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 389 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 16.2 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 15 25% 46.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 86%
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 676GB free Firmware: AG0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 114 114 55873962603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1080 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 240519086119 (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	45.4% Average	Read 77.9 Write 80 Mixed 79.1 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.52 130% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 420GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6292632 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2634 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25906363806 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2302 (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 68 53 572522528 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56599 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 60129542176 (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 -118304874161609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38532373351 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50813637793	69.9% Good	Read 142 Write 101 Mixed 137 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.26 110% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 102GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93666288 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2129 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35466128 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1756 (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 65 51 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2294 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 68719476771 (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	42.1% Average	Read 76.1 Write 70.9 Mixed 77.4 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 63%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 21 Mixed 25.7 34% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.52 114% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 36%

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 (60^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 26.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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