MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	81.6% 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-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 15:01
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 777 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 138 Parallax 121 113% 132 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 128 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 100 100 663 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171799805982 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3412464140 (F7) Unknown 100 100 106916904 (F8) Unknown 100 100 48276773 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1250 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 481 Write 332 Mixed 303 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 24.2 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 40.1 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 95%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 15GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 2180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (A2) Unknown 75 75 49 (AA) Unknown 100 100 77 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16189900 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7195 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1841	44.4% Average	Read 415 Write 53.5 Mixed 150 44% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 3 77% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 3.22 23% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 89%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 150325362723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13	106% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 169 Mixed 176 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.24 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 545GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 164 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 470 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 667 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 158 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.24 116% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 205GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387919277 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 197568954406 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 72	78.5% Very good	Read 164 Write 110 Mixed 112 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 138GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 71.3 Write 99.9 Mixed 70.2 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 50GB free Firmware: 0636 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 67.6 Write 77.9 Mixed 79.4 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.5 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $242Bench 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 $81Bench 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: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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