MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 253 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 732 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 117 105% 129 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 442GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14598 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 372 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2075960346 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17293730456	84.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 135 Mixed 133 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.32 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 961 (03) Spinup time 159 140 3016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26206 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 42 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 39 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2364 (F1) Unknown 200 200 12718716790 (F2) Unknown 200 200 27395863893	57.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 92.5 Mixed 93.8 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 69%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.62 Mixed 7.71 10% 10 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 3x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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