MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$242 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 754 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 202 Parallax 178 154% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 126 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (64) Unknown 100 100 16144 (65) Unknown 100 100 2976 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 833 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 141735165983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 35 (EA) Unknown 100 100 23 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 480 Write 261 Mixed 259 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 11.5 99% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 11.5 19% 36 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738798 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 141735100445 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 188 Mixed 163 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 115%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,814x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,197x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Total price: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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