MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 715 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 68 Parallax 61.2 52% 64.4 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 54.8 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M7VC 512GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 1541 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3525 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1920 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 140 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2523 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 964 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1321 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2280 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3056	80.5% Excellent	Read 511 Write 345 Mixed 347 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 19.6 115% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 40.9 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 19.4 45% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 105%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 123291331205103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 442 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 42 1005025099812 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 1005025099812 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6158 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6178 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6178 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8249	45.5% Average	Read 163 Write 89.9 Mixed 101 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 12.7 102% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 27.1 40% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387984814 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 981 (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 1542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1012 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339479081 (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	88.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 149 Mixed 151 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 209GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213430184 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48589145 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1228 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 655884325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29215 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 51539607589 (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 84005265347915 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18839030110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20341574436	72.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 123 Mixed 132 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 234GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 36.8 Mixed 27.2 42% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 119%

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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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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