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MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6600-$246 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 468 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 105 84% 105 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 87.2 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 165GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 43 45 98787196971 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2477 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6932 (F9) Unknown 100 100 77 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 354 Mixed 368 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 40.5 148% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 81.9 116% 213 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7552 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2099 (B1) Unknown 95 95 58 (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 37 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1002 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14166663720	89.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 322 Mixed 332 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 20.3 131% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 49.3 97% 197 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$84 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148120624 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327423087 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1672 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 1456549003297 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50068 (C2) HDA temperature 33 61 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87179246178208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23197833662 (F2) Unknown 100 253 489360149487	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 170 Mixed 174 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 46.1 MC Mixed 38.1 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 111%

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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 $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,037x
Core i5-7600KIntel $75Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,263x
Core i7-7700Intel $140Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	543x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,024x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	920x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	858x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	220x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	413x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	235x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	232x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $597

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