MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 16:38
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 723 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 116 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.4 94% 71.5 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 61.8 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 90GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 211 (94) Unknown 100 100 76002 (95) Unknown 100 100 1134 (96) Unknown 100 100 946 (97) Unknown 100 100 1101 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23771 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38633786572825 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 110954 (F2) Unknown 100 100 123995 (F5) Unknown 100 100 140397 (F6) Unknown 100 100 152004 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 468 Write 255 Mixed 268 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 22.6 109% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 45.1 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 92%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2626 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 -1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 37 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7405739 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 -1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569544225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 88 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25443 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21088 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9218 (F4) Unknown 100 100 113 (F5) Unknown 100 100 171 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4888480	43.8% Average	Read 296 Write 160 Mixed 23 34% 159 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 4.92 76% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 6.96 11% 21.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 549GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3873 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (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	94.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 147 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

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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	1,169x
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	563x
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	87x
Blue 250GBWD $80Bench 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 $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