MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.2% 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	89.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 23:51
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 791 86% 681 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 97.3 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT1050MX300SSD1 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32121996 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21648306 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770196998 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 622919713 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6754 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 7 32121996 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25902947752615 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2261272651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3855714319	10.3% Very poor	Read 121 Write 82.6 Mixed 82.9 21% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.25 1% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 838GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 66 146029740060 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 667066405 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20989948 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2057354 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4406 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 344 Mixed 338 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 27.8 120% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 52.2 103% 211 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 475GB free Firmware: 0636 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 86 62% 86 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 96.6 Write 92.2 Mixed 81.9 115% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.7% 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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
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: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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