MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	264% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 597 80% 595 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A71) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.5 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 1,787 Mixed 2,071 462% 2,075 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 46.9 160% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 52.4 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 36.8 87% 169 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 340%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM50.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (A2) Unknown 93 93 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 230 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2949206 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 40 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3312 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3776	67.1% Good	Read 491 Write 251 Mixed 297 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 7 76% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 9.88 71% 166 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 388GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7969 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 40 (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	60.5% Good	Read 89.2 Write 121 Mixed 173 98% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 3.45 4K Mixed 0.99 197% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2594 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3864 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4017 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 38 (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	77.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 122 Mixed 115 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.92 184% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 32.3 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,813x
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	957x
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