MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 608 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.2 89% 103 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 97.7 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1572879 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 38 266287972403 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21475229702 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 52 (EA) Unknown 100 100 74 (F1) Unknown 253 253 65 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.8% Average	Read 400 Write 63.7 Mixed 171 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 3.26 71% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 3.01 25% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769803776 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184685166631 (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 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 191 Mixed 175 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 57GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 127 Write 43 Mixed 26.6 65% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.94 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.99 108% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 97%

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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	2,811x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	515x

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 $273	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 $186	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