MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 457 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 77 Parallax 66.7 64% 74 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 72.2 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 135GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 1708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749282338 (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 2307266911 (F7) Unknown 100 100 72126908 (F8) Unknown 100 100 70865945 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 480 Write 338 Mixed 336 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 26 113% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 45.7 98% 203 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 99%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1737 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40547408 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 431 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17039 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9517 (F9) Unknown 100 100 916724950	93.2% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 376 Mixed 406 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 24.5 130% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 69.2 119% 231 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 98%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 543GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117616615 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8688851623 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1815 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31394 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 39 117616615 (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 99170794868413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3785722328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 938936205 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.2% Average	Read 85 Write 83.3 Mixed 73 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.44 84% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 49%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 441GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 166 164 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143122 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.4% Below average	Read 74 Write 63.1 Mixed 56.2 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 59%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 89%

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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