MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 11:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$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 (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 877 91% 732 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.8 66% 78 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 77 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5671 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3678 (B1) Unknown 97 97 95 (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 75 54 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 398 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21515988102	76.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 354 Mixed 419 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 20.8 87% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 72 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 274GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232820192 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25903180315 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 79 53 353501205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45059 (C2) HDA temperature 21 47 60129542165 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55538222110786 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37425861902 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49369157085	69.9% Good	Read 121 Write 123 Mixed 98.7 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 108GB free Firmware: SDC2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155104624 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34550968 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 403 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1379 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 68719476759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 78.1 Write 72.2 Mixed 70.5 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 25 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

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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	2,836x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,209x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	966x
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	272x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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