MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 508 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 105% 129 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1048 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 520	99.2% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 478 Mixed 491 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.2 126% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 52.1 110% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 197569478702 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 163 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 817 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 101%

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

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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