MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	284% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 04:25
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$190 195,006 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)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 551 74% 552 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.9 94% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,726 Write 1,316 Mixed 1,297 390% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 52 245% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 211 234% 399 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 135GB free Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^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 100 100 380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10857 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85758 (F2) Unknown 100 100 242504	101% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 423 Mixed 456 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 26.5 146% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 23.8 85% 187 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93813672 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 403883 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (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 68 63 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1150 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 60129542176 (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 80552111637081 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1527493483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4979741428	112% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 187 Mixed 169 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
External USB 3.0 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 175 Mixed 150 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 458GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156105688 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 577768 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (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 63 538443807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1066 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (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 29261612188397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6184500188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 257307614	73.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 114%
Innostor Innostor 16GB 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 9GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 111 Write 18.6 Mixed 24.9 48% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 33.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	516x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	957x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
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	207x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $907

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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