MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 12:23
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	34%

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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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 185 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 340 41% 315 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 33 Parallax 40.4 39% 40.4 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 37.8 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 176 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 92 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1615927630	91.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 389 Mixed 409 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 33.9 135% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 51.2 64% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 124%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 38GB free Firmware: 1.33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4964306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43911745638422 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2374 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 99 4964306 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9280 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5504 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5504 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15744	38.2% Below average	Read 223 Write 59.5 Mixed 93.3 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 12.3 76% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 27.1 35% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 49%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 179416030 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 310905 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50702088929285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 77 70 420347927 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 60129542167 (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 117561844826117 (F1) Unknown 100 253 664530505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3258421 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 93.8 Mixed 67.3 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.77 145% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 320GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 551 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3580 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4685 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 99 Write 90.6 Mixed 88.9 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%
Dell Portable 1TB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 182GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 71.1 Mixed 63.6 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 69% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 300GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 77.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 53.1 87% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 49%
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB 1TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 242GB free, PID 022e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 19.2 Write 64.6 Mixed 32 56% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.26 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 41%
FM-25S2S -60GBP2 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 44GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	119% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 65.5 Mixed 95 125% 112 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 8.83 1,198% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 9.26 1,680% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$21 4,182 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 47%

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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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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