MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	93.7% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$235 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 781 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.2 88% 106 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 98.8 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-60WN4A0 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 238GB free Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65536 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 39 103081771047 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 254 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 479 Mixed 506 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30.2 152% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 57.7 112% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1853 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 554 (B1) Unknown 93 93 132 (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 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39341892420	93.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 26.6 154% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 104 72% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1451 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 572129314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2754 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 123 Write 87.3 Mixed 76.4 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 27.7 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,861x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,221x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	977x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	877x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	216x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	185x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	395x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	225x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359