MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	69.9% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 742 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 767 47% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 151 Parallax 137 110% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 130 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (64) Unknown 100 100 929184 (65) Unknown 100 100 183936 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 273 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 240519675947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1690 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1078 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1363 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1555 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	69.9% Good	Read 467 Write 254 Mixed 258 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 12.1 92% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 24.6 68% 150 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 64 (03) Spinup time 136 136 17198350610 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 219044577322 (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	94.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 160 Mixed 153 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.21 112% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 2x8GB 3,829 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $131	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