MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 00:47
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 806 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 114% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 441GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 381035126	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.3 193% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 130 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 194GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 535 Mixed 732 194% 884 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 48.1 187% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 97.9 151% 280 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1909 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 364 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 63 58 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6208707389	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.1 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 111 139% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47774024 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1990 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1315897 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 538247197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8267 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (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 109461536506300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 710575511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99634388588	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 181 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 32.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
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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Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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