MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 08:04
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 671 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 72.8 68% 79.8 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 77.3 64% 77.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 398GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 640 (94) Unknown 100 100 920 (95) Unknown 100 100 24 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 126 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36417566539800 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1871 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3787 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1488 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3680 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 465 Write 251 Mixed 271 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 25.5 115% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 43.8 82% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 95%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1884 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1008 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 623 (94) Unknown 100 100 156347 (95) Unknown 100 100 2421 (96) Unknown 100 100 2262 (97) Unknown 100 100 2405 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44087 (A5) Unknown 100 100 79 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34214265225240 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 444198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 319256 (F5) Unknown 100 100 520777 (F6) Unknown 100 100 625388 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.9% Very good	Read 491 Write 242 Mixed 267 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 25.5 116% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 44 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 27.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%

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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	2,820x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

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 $94Bench 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	386x
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 $273	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 $179	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