MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.9% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 05:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 769 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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: 388.46 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 122 108% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11738389089682 (A6) Unknown 100 100 30 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 132 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 83 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 38 266287972397 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4973650576557 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19892 (EA) Unknown 100 100 32573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22164 (F2) Unknown 253 253 41022 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 480 Write 208 Mixed 128 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 1.07 76% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 3.53 44% 104 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 859GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129277032 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7353774 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 656015394 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26128 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 73014444066 (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 99153614996441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6456195119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9962475635	109% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 171 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,171x
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

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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