MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 778 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 65.7 65% 74.5 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 67.8 56% 68.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1514 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 70 52 206159872030 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103977	66.8% Good	Read 517 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 9.66 69% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 43 51% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 95%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 240GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3482 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1
Poor: 43% Great: 105%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 119GB free Firmware: GM4OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 149 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789464890 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8661 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 195 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5001 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8915 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 266289217567 (C4) Reallocation count 95 95 262 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 63.7 Mixed 58.2 45% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 70GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 93 165701655 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 64642418640 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3251 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2035 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 380 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105584 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 81604378654 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 248 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126405182502225 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57539443031 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83384781061	54.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.2 Mixed 94.4 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.31 61% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-027.A00G 9905678-043.A00G 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

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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	2,825x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	518x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	960x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	388x
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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16