MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 783 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 103% 129 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 27 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158915035164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1562 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1781 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1840 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8 (F6) Unknown 100 100 355680	76.3% Very good	Read 486 Write 303 Mixed 317 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 8.58 97% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 13.6 76% 176 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 623GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78208376 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2081164 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3495 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109650515067078 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4172814555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1905948732	81.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 134 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 95%

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Gaming 89%

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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