MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 15:32
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 262 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 769 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 72.2 63% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 68.6 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th 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 100 100 923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 668 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 19 (A3) Unknown 100 100 328 (94) Unknown 100 100 141946 (95) Unknown 100 100 1940 (96) Unknown 100 100 1827 (97) Unknown 100 100 1918 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36946 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44148642480159 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187095 (F2) Unknown 100 100 177291 (F5) Unknown 100 100 218212 (F6) Unknown 100 100 283892 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 251 Mixed 277 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 24.3 110% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 35.4 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 160GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 119421716 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29340993 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521797663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1607 (C2) HDA temperature 31 15 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 119421716 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115109418504025 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7688146668 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10686121101	75.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 96 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,815x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: $898

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 $15	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