MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.1% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 370 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.6 84% 103 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL 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 253 100 3639 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 222 (A9) Unknown 100 100 167 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 196 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 111 476742090791 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 834 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14356 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5333 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5742 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 416 Write 265 Mixed 297 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 22.1 109% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.6 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226247432 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9317379 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 52 724041770 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28742 (C2) HDA temperature 42 48 38654705706 (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 140080358360535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7023927102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6782475659	97% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 159 Mixed 151 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,172x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	565x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	58x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	213x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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