MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 13:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 295 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 847 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.4 63% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 69.9 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS120G32TND-N1A2A 120GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (64) Unknown 100 100 1538439 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 94 94 67 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 87 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4441 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 77311836186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 93 146 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1147 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1844 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2377 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 73480	88.3% Excellent	Read 514 Write 293 Mixed 327 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 23.2 128% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 20.2 83% 188 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 17402212 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 214080 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -28140625723236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (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 61 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -38203734097765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8423986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8978226	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 178 Mixed 123 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 240 240 34373501196 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 242 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979806241 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 176 Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.17 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
WDC WD32 00AAJB-56R1A0 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 298GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 41.9 Mixed 23.7 44% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 4x8GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 89%

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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	2,836x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,209x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	965x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	390x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16