MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 10:06
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 668 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 73.3 64% 76 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 71.3 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 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 100 0 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1327 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 58 180389478432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8905679815 (F7) Unknown 100 100 279050472 (F8) Unknown 100 100 164115568 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1942 (D2) Unknown 100 100 20	70.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 333 Mixed 336 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 14.4 92% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 14.1 38% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 99%
Asmt 2135 275GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 184GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.8% Above average	Read 429 Write 227 Mixed 232 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 14.6 62% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 21 47% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 767GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 158 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13739 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13702 (C2) HDA temperature 116 88 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.1% Average	Read 82.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 69.5 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2014 (C2) HDA temperature 108 104 35 (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	81.2% Excellent	Read 149 Write 133 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.27 130% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 308GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1648 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9111333407 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2140 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032884 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 25769803808 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 33 1648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40102109629948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3389578843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3603313316	64.3% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 108 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.64 110% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 105%

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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	2,828x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,201x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	521x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	961x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	389x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	220x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16