MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	108% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 780 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 171 Parallax 136 127% 154 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 176 Splatting 123 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 637GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 91 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 39 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3972483223	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 396 Mixed 406 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 43.3 166% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 108 136% 242 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8594558160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -62448824474954 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1421 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 315 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 55837458463 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55837458463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 8594558160 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 99 99 8594558160 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 99 8594558160 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15413 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9755 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9755 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6418	59.7% Above average	Read 438 Write 115 Mixed 144 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.9 107% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 29.5 42% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 94.1 128% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 1,913 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 3.18 Mixed 5.82 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 104%

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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) $30	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