MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 253 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 456 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.71 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.5 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 100 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 276 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8603828389 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 227633266736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236226019383 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 357 (EA) Unknown 100 100 774 (F1) Unknown 253 253 538 (F2) Unknown 253 253 691 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.8% Average	Read 479 Write 41.3 Mixed 103 44% 208 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 3.27 59% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 3.6 38% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 425GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 193 186 4433 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2547 (C2) HDA temperature 102 80 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	49.1% Average	Read 84 Write 87 Mixed 98.6 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 98GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 107 7333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1870023 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 190 73	43.5% Average	Read 83.6 Write 68 Mixed 78.7 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,167x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	563x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	254x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	87x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
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: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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