MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	487 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 387 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 39.2 38% 39.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 82GB free Firmware: 1.33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -48009144430585 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2367 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9024 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5376 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5376 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15680	18.9% Very poor	Read 159 Write 45.5 Mixed 69.5 20% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.88 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 2.47 27% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 49 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 12.9 19% 36 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 49%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 161 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1554557797	99.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 392 Mixed 409 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 41.3 151% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 83.2 94% 162 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 321GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 551 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4678 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 34 (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	53.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 85.9 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 62%
Dell Portable 1TB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 182GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 55.2 Mixed 60.8 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 60%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 134GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112722089 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19445800 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 16 112722089 (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 139573552232394 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2067402447 (F2) Unknown 100 253 744121155	63.5% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 71%
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB 1TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 525GB free, PID 022e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 75 Write 77.7 Mixed 67.8 94% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.32 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 300GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 79.6 Write 63.3 Mixed 61.7 85% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 49%
FM-25S2S -60GBP2 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 44GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	119% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 63.7 Mixed 103 128% 115 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 8.99 1,206% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 9.36 1,669% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
Kingston DT 100 G2 16GB 1,132 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID 1653 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 5.5 Mixed 6.71 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.94 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.3 45% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 4,182 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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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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