MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 22:51
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 552 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 69.4 67% 76.8 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 75.4 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.31 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10892260609253 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 126 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 42 249108103212 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4724524581964 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7782 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15466 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11982 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4180 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51% Above average	Read 488 Write 134 Mixed 102 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 4.15 78% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 4.07 15% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 960GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789137191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1117 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569806372 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
Mass Storage Device 268GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 250GB free, PID 125c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 6.09 Mixed 3.35 10% 9.86 MB/s	4K Read 6.46 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 25% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 2,735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 99%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,842x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	970x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	870x
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	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	392x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	223x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16