MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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.
Boot Drive	145% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 07:40
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 416 51% 392 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4819047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 58308476046249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 19 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 75 64429424661 (C2) HDA temperature 21 75 64429424661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4819047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4819047 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4819047 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 85681 (EA) Unknown 0 0 63738 (F1) Unknown 0 0 63738 (F2) Unknown 0 0 44974	79.8% Very good	Read 465 Write 266 Mixed 304 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 15.7 126% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 48.1 76% 149 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2883 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1788 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 560773 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 136 136 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 197569544215 (F1) Unknown 100 100 292986	80.9% Excellent	Read 503 Write 346 Mixed 345 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 9.77 97% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 44.1 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%
PNY CS2030 240GB SSD 590 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203021 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 2,078 Write 128 Mixed 257 173% 821 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26.1 144% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 53 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 197%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 861GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4680 (C2) HDA temperature 126 113 21 (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	57% Above average	Read 108 Write 90.9 Mixed 107 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 47%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,820x
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	865x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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