MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (91^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 426 61% 446 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 134 107% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167419968 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1005811 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7242 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 -9676561317605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8029485731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4804878553	13.6% Very poor	Read 167 Write 102 Mixed 168 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 2% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 17%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 84GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 9238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2713 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 246 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 184683593761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39095757272 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1233507511 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2638167790	84.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 260 Mixed 344 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 27.3 121% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 47.2 100% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%
WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 120GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 85325634 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -73735998525633 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1171 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 43 60132360218 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 60132360218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 85325634 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 85325634 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 85325634 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18329 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10186 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10186 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12194	62.9% Good	Read 405 Write 146 Mixed 252 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 17.9 105% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 30.3 58% 115 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 6,574 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,823x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	959x
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	387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
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 $269	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 $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 $40	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