MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.8% 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	98.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 564 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 68 52% 67 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 59.1 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DL003-9VT166 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 176GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3327 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1427 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 44 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4503137889	123% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 503 Mixed 506 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 41 186% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 122 157% 281 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 632 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4020845689	98.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 27.5 146% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 83.5 121% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 989GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314709763 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2418 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 78 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 17768841251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5436 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 12 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87613037874977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3113160132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3786898584	41.5% Average	Read 71.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 79.8 57% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.69 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10200168 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6740515 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 649 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9550 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 81604378656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 74 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75256416961655 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12105974068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9480878365	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 111 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,838x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,212x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	523x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	967x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	391x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16