MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	276% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 19:17
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 208 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 522 64% 493 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 113 Parallax 98.9 93% 109 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,713 Write 1,299 Mixed 1,343 392% 1,785 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 45.2 229% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 160 202% 363 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 130GB free Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 100 100 412 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 22324 (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 11336 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (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 89969 (F2) Unknown 100 100 244071	94.2% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 426 Mixed 410 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 25 136% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 8.38 62% 140 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% 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 (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143259496 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 428864 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (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 79 63 353566741 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1183 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 60129542165 (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 -64334315126039 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1554170926 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4996614667	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 183 Mixed 168 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 168 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.85 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 (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 167890680 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 587667 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (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 79 63 353501205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1098 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 55834574869 (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 87681757348732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6196842996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 265068702	74.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 131 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 114%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 33 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 105%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,819x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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