MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 558 74% 557 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 63.5 61% 70 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 417 Write 285 Mixed 333 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 2.91 91% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 3.4 45% 103 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 576GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 78 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698549 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1149 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 167504576546 (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 3	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 138 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 1x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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